Swedish unaccompanied youth refugee trial

Conditions

Post-traumatic stress disorder (symptoms) Mental and Behavioural Disorders Post-traumatic stress disorder

Rondung E, Leiler A, Sarkadi A, Bjärtå A, Lampa E, Löfving SG, Calam R, Oppedal B, Keeshin B, Warner G.

2022-02-146 citations

Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques community-based intervention for unaccompanied refugee youth experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial; SUPpORT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Sarkadi A, Warner G, Salari R, Fängström K, Durbeej N, Lampa E, Baghdasaryan Z, Osman F, Gupta Löfving S, Perez Aronsson A, Feldman I, Sampaio F, Ssegonja R, Calam R, Bjärtå A, Leiler A, Rondung E, Wasteson E, Oppedal B, Keeshin B.

2020-01-1019 citations

10.1186/s13063-019-3814-5

Interventions

Current intervention as of 04/11/2019: Randomization will use a small-cluster randomization design rather than a single participant randomization design. A new randomization system has

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 04/11/2019: Participants eligible for the trial must comply with all of the following at randomization: 1. Aged under 18 years at time of arrival in Sweden (self-reported) 2. Lived in Sweden <6 years 3. Arrived in Sweden unaccompanied 4. Screening positive on the CRIES-8 PTSD screening tool (=17 points) 5. Interest to participate in a group intervention & consent to be randomized 6. Legal guardian consenting to participation if child is aded <15 years Previous inclusion criteria: Participants eligible for the trial must comply with all of the following at randomization: 1. Youth age =14 years 2. Time spent in Sweden < 5 years 3. Arrived in Sweden unaccompanied 4. Screening positive on the CRIES-8 PTSD screening tool (=17 points) 5. Interest to participate in a group intervention & consent to be randomized 6. Legal guardian consenting to participation if child is <15 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Youth age >20 2. Time spent in Sweden > 5 years 3. Current treatment where therapist advises against intervention 4. Not screening positive on the CRIES-8 PTSD screening tool (=16 points) 5. No interest to participate in a group intervention 6. Legal guardian not consenting to participation if child is <15 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measured at baseline, 8 and 20 weeks: 1. Post-traumatic stress symptoms, measured using the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8; Perrin, Meiser-Stedman et al. 2005) 2. Depression symptoms, measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; Kroenke, Spitzer, & Williams, 2001) 3. Anxiety symptoms, measured using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7; Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams, & Löwe, 2006)	—

Measure

Time frame

Measured at baseline, 8 and 20 weeks: 1. Post-traumatic stress symptoms, measured using the Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-8; Perrin, Meiser-Stedman et al. 2005) 2. Depression symptoms, measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; Kroenke, Spitzer, & Williams, 2001) 3. Anxiety symptoms, measured using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7; Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams, & Löwe, 2006)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measured at baseline, 8 and 20 weeks: 1. Self-efficacy, measured using the General Self Efficacy Scale (GSE; Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) 2. Wellbeing, measured using the Cantril Ladder (Cantril, 1966; picture from från Sawatzky et al., 1966; modified for use in the present study)	—

Countries

Sweden

Contacts

Public ContactElin Lampa

elin.lampa@pubcare.uu.se+46 (0)18 471 6574

Outcome results

None listed