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The STERK-study for offspring: Screening and Training, Enhancing Resilience in Kids.

Preventing mood and anxiety disorders in youth: A multicentre prevention trial in the high risk offspring of depressed and anxious patients.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON20591
Enrollment
204
Registered
2011-05-06
Start date
2010-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

anxiety disorders, depression, mood disorders, children, adolescents, youth, offspring, prevention, at risk, resilience angststoornis, depressie, stemmingsstoornis, kinderen, jongeren, preventie, risico, training, veerkracht

Interventions

1. STERK-training, a 10-session individual behavioural training + 2 parent sessions (themes: behavioral activation, exposure, social network, positive emotions, situations and personality traits, resi
2. Minimal information on paper.

Sponsors

Performer: University of Groningen, department of Clinical Psychology. Participating sites: Accare Groningen, UCP Groningen, Leiden LUMC, Leiden Curium LUMC, PSY-Q Leiden, GGZ Rivierduinen, GGZ Fryslan, Kinnik
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 8-17 years; 2. Parent with primary anxiety or mood disorder (current or past, with a history of treatment). Inclusion for the intervention phase: Subthreshold anxiety or mood symptomatology OR meeting criteria for the High Risk Index (female, both parents with disorder, past of suicidal behaviour in a parent).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychosis in parent; 2. Severe substance misuse in parent; 3. Current mental disorder in the child that requires an intervention.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Time to onset of depression or anxiety disorders in the offspring (based on the structured interview iDISC).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Number of days with depression or anxiety (iDISC); 2. Child (RCADS) and parent (IDS, BAI) symptoms; 3. Quality of life (EQ5D); 4. Costs (economic evaluation).

Contacts

Public ContactM.H. Nauta

Accare, University Centre Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hanzeplein 1 Postbus 660

m.nauta@accare.nl+31 50-3681211

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)