Common Engagement Strategies (Common Factors) for Childhood Anxiety
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interventional
32
1 country
1
Brief Summary
This trial examines the effectiveness of training pediatric primary care providers (nurse practitioners, doctors) to use of strategies that enhance family/youth empowerment and engagement during office visits for children with mild to moderate problems with anxiety. Children coming for routine care at one clinic are screened for anxiety symptoms and seen by either a specially trained provider or one of the clinic's other regular staff members.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable anxiety
Started Sep 2014
Typical duration for not_applicable anxiety
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 8, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 12, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2016
CompletedMay 9, 2017
May 1, 2017
1.3 years
May 8, 2015
May 5, 2017
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)
Re-test on short inventory of anxiety-related symptoms
3 months
Study Arms (2)
Common factors intervention
EXPERIMENTALChildren and parents in this arm will be cared for by a provider who has received brief training in common factors patient engagement skills (the intervention) for use in addition to standard anxiety-related advice. Thus this arm will receive common factors engagement training for provider.
Control
ACTIVE COMPARATORChildren and parents in this arm will be cared for by a provider who is able to offer standard pediatric anxiety-related advice (the control intervention). Families will receive standard pediatric advice for childhood anxiety.
Interventions
Primary care providers have received brief training in communication skills designed to promote family engagement in care including understanding of treatment and empowerment.
Providers will be free to use their existing knowledge of anxiety problems to offer routine counseling.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Coming for well-child visit to designated clinical site;
- SCARED score 25 or greater
You may not qualify if:
- acute medical illness, SCARED 40 or greater
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Georgetown University Pediatric Clinic
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20057, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Lawrence S Wissow, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 8, 2015
First Posted
May 12, 2015
Study Start
September 1, 2014
Primary Completion
January 1, 2016
Study Completion
January 1, 2016
Last Updated
May 9, 2017
Record last verified: 2017-05
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share