A Transdiagnostic Internet Intervention for Parents of Children With Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms (ParentKIT)

Babes-Bolyai University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emotional Problem; Depression; Anxiety; Psychological Distress

Treatments: Behavioral: ParentKIT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05341297

GTC 31371/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a transdiagnostic, parent-led, Internet-delivered intervention in reducing child and adolescent internalizing problems.

Full description

Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common in children and adolescents. There is substantial research indicating that transdiagnostic Internet interventions are effective for adults and children with anxiety and depressive disorders; however, there is limited research on the efficacy of such programs aimed at parents of children and adolescents with anxiety and depressive symptoms. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet intervention for parents of children with elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Enrollment: 111 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• parent of a child/ adolescent aged 6 to 14 years
• elevated internalizing problems
• have Internet access

Exclusion criteria

• undergoing psychotherapy/ pharmacological treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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111 participants in 2 patient groups

ParentKIT

Experimental group

Description:

Transdiagnostic parent-led Internet-delivered intervention Participants in the experimental group will have access to the ParentKIT intervention. The intervention was developed based on existing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/ Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy protocols for parents of children with internalizing problems. It consists of nine modules delivered over three weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: ParentKIT

Waitlist

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the waitlist condition will have access to the program after 3 weeks.