FRIENDS as an Indicative Prevention Program in Norway

NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: The Friends program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01802424

71 FRIENDS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot-study is to evaluate a cognitive behavioral program, the Friends-program, as indicated prevention for anxious youth. The youths are recruited by school nurses who will also lead the intervention groups applying the Friends-manual.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subclinical to clinical symptoms of anxiety with or without comorbid symptoms of depression

Exclusion criteria

• previously diagnosed with conduct disorder, major life-crises that needs to be attended to, serious school refusal, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, mental retardation or autism.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 1 patient group

The Friends program

Experimental group

Description:

Youth with increased levels of anxiety are thought to regulate their fear by recognizing bodily cues, learning relaxation, regulating thoughts and feelings and expose themselves to situations and objects that activate their anxiety.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Friends program