Mental health Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
The programme grant has work packages as follows:
1. Finalise the therapist-training programme.
2. Co-produce two Apps to encourage and measure mindfulness practice.
3.1. Recruit 480 teenagers, and th
Sponsors
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 18 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Young people: 1. Aged 15 to 18 years old at the time of recruitment 2. Completed at least one evidence-based treatment for anxiety or depression 3. Primary problem of unresolved or relapsed depression or anxiety: not recovered sufficiently to be discharged, or who have subsequently relapsed and been re-referred for treatment of depression or anxiety 4. Readiness to engage in a group-based mindfulness-based intervention, which would include the ability to focus and participate in a group for up to 1 hour 45 minutes; capacity to think flexibly and reflect on one's own experiences; and the willingness to practice everyday mindfulness and learn formal meditation for up to 15 minutes per day. Carers: 1. A carer of a young person who has consented to take part in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Young people: 1. Current active management required for suicidal risk, self-harm or eating disorder 2. Current psychosis or PTSD Carers: 1. A carer of a young person who has not consented to take part in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Young people’s levels of depression measured using the Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) over the 12-month follow-up period using an Area Under the difference Curve (AUC) analysis of the fortnightly | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| For young people: Measured at baseline, 3.5 months post-randomisation and 12 months post-randomisation: 1. Anxiety measured using the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale-25 (RCADS-25) 2. Quality of life measured using the EQ-5D-5L 3. Ability to cope with life measured using a single bespoke question 4. Parent – young people relationship quality measured using the Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale (PARS) For parents or carers: Measured at baseline, 3.5 months post-randomisation and 12 months post-randomisation: 1. Depression measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire eight-item depression scale (PHQ-8) over the 12-month follow-up period using an Area Under the difference Curve (AUC) analysis of the fortnightly 2. Anxiety measured measured using Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) 3. Quality of Life measured using the EQ-5D-5L 4. Ability to cope with life using a single bespoke question 5. Parent – young people relationship quality measured using the PARS | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed