REThink Chronic-A Mobile Therapeutic Game (REThinkChronic)

Babes-Bolyai University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: REThink Game; Treatment-as-usual

Treatments: Device: REThink Therapeutic Game; Device: Treatment as Usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05163938

REThink Chronic

Details and patient eligibility

About

The general objective of the study is to test the efficacy of an online therapeutic game (REThink Game) for the prevention of emotional disorders in children and adolescents aged between 8-16 years with a chronic physical disease.

Full description

The objective of the study is to test an online therapeutic game which, being an evidence-based prevention tool for children and adolescents, might contribute to preventing emotional disorders in children and adolescents aged between 8-16 years old diagnosed with a chronic physical disease. REThink is a scientifically validated therapeutic game for children and adolescents to improve their emotional skills. The enrollment will take place both online and in pediatric medical institutions. The research study will include one parent of the eligible child/adolescent. The children and adolescents will be randomized into two equal groups: the intervention group which benefits of the entire REThink game and the treatment-as-usual group which benefits of a free trial version of the app. Three assessments will be performed to evaluate the variables of interest: before intervention (baseline), after intervention (post-intervention), and a follow-up six months after the post-intervention assessment was performed.

Enrollment: 158 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• are aged 8 to 16 years old
• are diagnosed with a chronic physical disease
• have consent from the parent or legal tutor to participate in the study
• are fluent in Romanian
• have access to a mobile phone, tablet or laptop

Exclusion criteria

• have intellectual disabilities or physical limitations which make it impossible for the them to play the game
• have traumatic brain injuries
• have a diagnosed mental disorder
• demised during the study period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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158 participants in 2 patient groups

REThink therapeutic game

Experimental group

Description:

Game based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: REThink therapeutic game is an online therapeutic game developed by David and collaborators (2018). The seven levels of the game were developed based on the REBT model and each level trains an ability: Level 1: identify the emotional reactions, and differentiating between basic emotions, complex emotions, and functional and dysfunctional emotions; Level 2: identify cognitive processes. Level 3: identify the relation between cognitive processes, emotions, and behavioral reactions; Level 4: change irrational cognitions into rational cognitions; Level 5: build problem-solving skills; Level 6: build relaxation skills; Level 7: consolidate of the previous skills and building happiness skills. A new level will be unlocked once every three days. In order for a level to be unlocked, the previous one must have been completed. Duration of the intervention: 21 days (a total of seven levels unlocked every three days)

Treatment:

Device: REThink Therapeutic Game

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

In the treatment as usual group the child/adolescent benefits from a free trial version of the REThink game which means a shorter version of each level of the game.

Treatment:

Device: Treatment as Usual