Adolescents with anxiety and/or depression Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Adolescents and clinicians will be recruited from at least three primary care/community health centres in the Bogota and Duitama municipalities. The unit of randomisation will be the clinicians, who w
Sponsors
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 24 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Clinicians: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. Regularly sees adolescents with anxiety and/or depression 3. Experience of working with adolescents for at least 3 months 4. No plans to leave the current post within the next 6 months Patients: 5. Aged 13-16 years old 6. Currently experiencing depression or anxiety (defined as a score =7 on the Self-Reporting Questionnaire) 7. Capacity to provide informed assent and consent is provided by a parent/guardian
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Clinicians: 1. Does not have regular contact with adolescents Patients: 2. Severe mental illness (psychosis, bipolar or schizophrenia) 3. Cognitive impairment and/or severe learning disability 4. Unable to provide informed assent and/or a parent/guardian does not provide consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcomes will be collected at baseline and 6 months: 1. Symptoms of depression measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ- 8) at 6 months 2. Symptoms of anxiety measured using Generalised Anxiety Disorder assessment (GAD-7) at 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All secondary outcomes are collected at baseline, 6 and 9 months (unless otherwise stated), for the 108 patient participants: 1. Depression on the PHQ-8 (at 9 months) 2. Anxiety on the GAD-7 (at 9 months) 3. Quality of life will be measured using Manchester Short Assessment Quality of Life (MANSA) 4. Mental health symptom levels (YP-CORE) 5. Social Support measured using the Multidimensional Scale of perceived Social Support 6. Empowerment measured using the Youth Efficacy/Empowerment scale 7. Self-esteem measured using the Rosenberg self-esteem scale 8. Economic outcomes measured using a modified Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI) | — |
Countries
Colombia
Outcome results
None listed