Evaluating the Impact of Reining in Anxiety

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Disorder; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Manualized equine assisted therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04825756

21-00055

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the impact of Reining in Anxiety for children with anxiety and their caregivers. A total of up to 80 child/caregiver dyads will be enrolled in the study, anticipating that 40 dyads will complete the 10 week intervention. The intervention will be delivered at Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center, which is one of the largest therapeutic riding centers in the US.

Full description

Reining in Anxiety is a manualized equine assisted therapy (EAT) for childhood anxiety. The manual and associated materials are being tested in this pilot study, and, if found to be successful, will be available for public consumption. This EAT, which is delivered in a group setting, combines therapeutic horseback riding with cognitive behavioral strategies for anxiety. The group meets weekly over the course of ten weeks, with each session lasting 45 minutes. Each session is delivered in a group format with up to four children between 6 and 17 years of age.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Caregiver/child dyads where the children are between six and 17 years of age and their caregivers will be enrolled in the study.
• Children must have a score of 3 or higher as measured by the GAD-2,
• Children must have a minimum level of functioning as measured by the CGAS of 41 or higher.

Exclusion criteria

• An inability to provide informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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78 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

A total of up to 80 child/caregiver dyads will be enrolled in the study, anticipating that 40 dyads will complete the 10 week intervention. An equine assisted therapy called Reining in Anxiety for children with anxiety and their caregivers.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Manualized equine assisted therapy