Anxiety, well-being, depression, prolonged grief, and PTSD in children who have experienced loss. Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
The study consists of a randomised waitlist-controlled trial which provides children living in Australia, with a 4-week unguided, parent/carer supported ICBT for grief. Following screening, eligible c
Sponsors
Curtin University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Self-reported experience of grief connected with death (person or pet) or non-death losses (e.g., parental divorce) 2. Children aged 6 to 12 years 3. Living in Australia 4. Children whose parents/carer provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with an elevated risk of suicide as measured by the Columbia Suicide Screening Questionnaire (Posner et al., 2011)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety is measured using the Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) – 11 item version (Radez et al., 2021) at baseline, then four-weeks, and eight-weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Depression is measured using the Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) – 11 item version (Radez et al., 2021) at baseline, then four-weeks, and eight-weeks 2. Prolonged grief will be measured the Inventory of Prolonged Grief for Children (IPG-C; Spuij et al., 2012) at baseline, four-weeks, and eight weeks. As per the study of ICBT-G-A (Egan, Pauley-Gadd et al., 2024) an additional question to capture non-bereavement related loss will be added to measure with the following question ‘Have you lost someone significant to you? If no, please describe the nature of your loss (e.g., death of a pet, parents’ divorce)’ with an open text response box 3. PTSD symptoms will be measured using the Children’s Revised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES; Perrin et al., 2005) at baseline, four-weeks, and eight-weeks. Following the ICBT-G-A trial (Egan, Pauley-Gadd et al., 2024) to make sure the child is answering the measure in relation to the loss they have identified and not another trauma, at the start of the CRIES additional instructions to complete the questionnaire ‘regarding the loss which you just described’ will be included 4. Wellbeing will be measured using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index (Bech et al., 2003) at baseline, four-weeks, and eight-weeks | — |
Countries
Australia
Contacts
Public ContactSarah Egan
Outcome results
None listed