Young children screening positive for PTSD. Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
A cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted in which schools will be randomly allocated using an open-source randomization platform to one of the two possible arms: the intervention arm (g
about 8 weeks after randomisation) and follow-up (T3
about 20 weeks after randomisation).
Sponsors
Queen Mary University of London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The child is aged 8 to 13 years old 2. The child screens positive on the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) PTSD screening tool (=17 points) 3. The child is interested to participate in a group intervention 4. The legal guardian does not object to participation and a parent or other primary caregiver wishes to participate 5. The participating caregiver has not taken part in another parenting programme in the past 12 months 6. Children have not taken part in a trauma recovery intervention in the last 12 months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Severe mental health disorders requiring specialist treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parent-reported or self-reported child mental health, specifically symptoms of PTSD measured using the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8) at three points: pre-intervention (T1; baseline), post-intervention (T2; c. 8 weeks after randomisation) and follow-up (T3; c. 20 weeks after randomisation) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 23/11/2023: There are no secondary outcome measures _____ Previous secondary outcome measures: All outcome data will be collected at three points: pre-intervention (T1; baseline), post-intervention (T2; c. 8 weeks after randomisation) and follow-up (T3; c. 20 weeks after randomisation): 1. Symptoms of anxiety measured using the Screen for Childhood Anxiety-Related Disorders (SCARED) five-item version 2. Depression measured using the Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRS) 3. Parenting measured using the Parenting and Family Adjustment Scale (PAFAS) 4. Carers' symptoms of PTSD measured using the Impact of Events Scale Revised (IES-R) 5. Depression, anxiety and stress among caters measured using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21) | — |
Countries
Ukraine
Outcome results
None listed