Evaluation of a grouptraining for adolescents (Emotion Regulation Training) with emotion regulation problems - a randomised controlled clinical trial.

Evaluation of a grouptraining for adolescents (Emotion Regulation Training) with emotion regulation problems - a randomised controlled clinical trial using the BPDSI-IV-ado and the LPI as primary outcome measures.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON22089

Enrollment

128

Registered

2007-05-25

Start date

2007-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

64 Adolescents who followed the Emotion Regulation Training will be compared to 64 adolescents who had treatment as usual only. Keywords: Borderline Personality Disorder Adolescents Therapy RCT Nederlands: Borderline persoonlijkheidsstoornis Adolescenten therapie RCT

Interventions

ERT consists of 17 weekly group sessions (6-9 participants, 1,75 hours), one psycho-educational session with parents/caretakers and/or partners and two booster sessions, at three and six months after

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 14-18 years; 2. Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days; 3. At least two other DSM-IV criteria of BPD; 4. Minimum score of 15 on the Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index - adolescent version.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychotic disorders (except short, reactive psychotic episodes); 2. Conduct disorder; 3. Addiction of such severity that clinical detoxification is indicated; 4. Mental retardation (IQ less than 80).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcome measures at baseline, directly after the training and at 6 months follow-up: 1. Severity of Borderline Personality symptoms (BPDSI-IV-adolescents, semi-structured interview) measuring the current severity and frequency of the DSM-IV BPD manifestations; 2. Life Problems Inventory (LPI, questionnaire), measuring the main symptoms of BPD.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome measures at baseline, directly after the training and at 6 months follow-up: 1. DSM diagnosis axis II (PDQ-4, parts of k-SADS and SCID-II); 2. mental health disorders (CDI, RAPI, SCL-90, SDQ); 3. Locus of Control (MALC-ERT); 4. Quality of Life (YQOL); 5. Raising style, parental stress and parental functioning (EMBU, PSI and GHQ); 6. Consumption of public health services; 7. global functioning (CGAS or GAF score).	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcome measures at baseline, directly after the training and at 6 months follow-up: 1. DSM diagnosis axis II (PDQ-4, parts of k-SADS and SCID-II); 2. mental health disorders (CDI, RAPI, SCL-90, SDQ); 3. Locus of Control (MALC-ERT); 4. Quality of Life (YQOL); 5. Raising style, parental stress and parental functioning (EMBU, PSI and GHQ); 6. Consumption of public health services; 7. global functioning (CGAS or GAF score).

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Contacts

Public ContactH.M. Schuppert

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Department of Psychiatry, P.O. Box 30001

m.schuppert@accare.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)