A Randomized Controlled Study of Digitalized Cognitive-behavioral Intervention for Childhood Anxiety

University of Turku

Status

Completed

Conditions

Anxiety

Treatments

Behavioral: Psychoeducation about anxiety

Behavioral: Digitalized cognitive-behavioral intervention for anxiety

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03310489

ANXIETY-2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a digitalized cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety among school aged children. The participants are screened from the general population, as a part of the routine school health care check-ups. Half of the children with anxiety will receive the digitalized treatment program, while the other half will receive education about anxiety in internet.

Enrollment

465 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Scoring ≥22 on SCARED

Exclusion criteria

no access to internet
insufficient language (Finnish until summer 2019, Finnish and Swedish from autumn 2019 onwards, when also Swedish version of the intervention was available) skills
visual or hearing impairment that hinders the use of the program
the child's mental retardation, autism spectrum disorder, suicidal intentions or severe mental disorder
the child's psychotherapy (ongoing or starting within 6 months)
the child's medication (for anxiety) started / changed within 2 months
current involvement with child protection services (i.e., removal of child custody, investigation of child abuse or neglect)
parent's severe psychiatric / somatic disease or other reason that hinders the parent to actively participate in the program