Parent Key Opinion Leaders to Increase Demand of Effective Treatments for Youth Anxiety

NCT04929262 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 268711F31MH124346-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 301
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Despite research identifying effective treatments for youth anxiety, parents (and other primary caregivers) are unaware that some treatments are more effective than others. This study investigates whether having a local parent key opinion leader co-facilitate an educational outreach presentation on effective treatment for youth anxiety will increase parent demand for evidence-based practices (EBPs). It is hypothesized that participants who receive a presentation co-presented by a key opinion leader will be more likely to have sought cognitive behavioral therapy for their child at the three-month follow up, relative to participants who receive a presentation presented by two researchers.

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Keywords

dissemination; key opinion leader; direct-to-consumer marketing; healthcare utilization; evidence-based practice; youth anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change From Pre-Presentation to Post-Presentation in Treatment Seeking Evaluation - Intention to Seek Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  Participants rate how likely they are to seek a therapist who uses exposure therapy for their child in the next three months on a scale ranging from 1 (very unlikely) to 5 (very likely).

  pre-presentation; post-presentation (within 1 week after the presentation)

• Number of Participants Who Sought Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as Assessed by Treatment Seeking Evaluation - Actual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Seeking

  Participants indicate whether they sought exposure therapy for their child since the presentation. Participants were first ask if they sought therapy for their child. If yes, they were asked if they sought exposure therapy for their child (options were yes, no, unsure). The count provided is the number of participants that responded "yes" they sought exposure therapy for their child.

  3-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change From Pre-Presentation to Post-Presentation in Parent Engagement in Evidence-Based Services Questionnaire, Knowledge Subscale

  pre-presentation; post-presentation (within 1 week after the presentation)

• Change From Pre-Presentation to Post-Presentation in Therapy Subjective Norms Questionnaire

  pre-presentation; post-presentation (within 1 week after the presentation)

• Change From Pre-Presentation to Post-Presentation in Caregiver Attitudes About Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  pre-presentation; post-presentation (within 1 week after the presentation)

• Change From Pre-Presentation to Post-Presentation in Parents' Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale

  pre-presentation; post-presentation (within 1 week after the presentation)

Other Outcomes (8)

• Change From Pre-Presentation to Post-Presentation and to 3-Month Follow-Up in Barriers to Seeking Treatment

  pre-presentation; post-presentation (within 1 week after the presentation)

• Change From Pre-Presentation to 3-Month Follow-Up in Barriers to Seeking Treatment

  pre-presentation; 3-month follow-up

• Client Satisfaction Questionnaire

  post-presentation (within 1 week after the presentation)

Study Arms (2)

Researcher-Only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The researcher-facilitated presentation, led by two clinical psychology graduate students, will be the same for all schools.

Behavioral: Supporting Anxious Youth: Strategies for Caregivers

Key Opinion Leader

EXPERIMENTAL

The key opinion leader (KOL) co-facilitated presentations will include the same core principles as the researcher-facilitated presentation but may vary by school in terms of specific examples and content emphasized based on KOL feedback. A caregiver KOL from the local community (selected by the parent teacher association or a similar group) will co-facilitate the presentation with a clinical psychology graduate researcher.

Behavioral: Supporting Anxious Youth: Strategies for Caregivers

Interventions

Supporting Anxious Youth: Strategies for Caregivers BEHAVIORAL

The outreach presentation will last 75 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for caregiver questions. The presentations will occur in the evening via Zoom. The presentation will include information about identifying anxiety disorders, strategies for caregivers to help their youth with anxiety, evidence-based practices to treat youth anxiety, and strategies for finding a therapist who uses cognitive behavior therapy with exposures. The text on the presentations is written at a 5.3 grade reading level. Presentations will incorporate stigma reduction strategies, such as education to dispel myths, and behavioral decision-making tools to elicit hope, empowerment, and motivation.

Key Opinion Leader; Researcher-Only

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Be least 18 years of age
• Be fluent in English
• Be the primary caregiver of a youth aged 5 to 18 years
• Have a child at one of the schools offering a presentation

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Temple University: lead
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator
• University of Illinois at Chicago: collaborator
• Brown University: collaborator
• Drexel University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Crane ME, Atkins MS, Becker SJ, Purtle J, Olino TM, Kendall PC. The effect of caregiver key opinion leaders on increasing caregiver demand for evidence-based practices to treat youth anxiety: protocol for a randomized control trial. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Sep 23;2(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00213-x.

  PMID: 34556182 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

Caregivers

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Personnel; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Margaret Crane
• Organization: Temple University

margaret.crane@temple.edu

‭(215) 204-7165‬

Study Officials

• Philip C Kendall, Ph.D.

  Temple University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 3, 2021
• First Posted: June 18, 2021
• Study Start: May 3, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2022
• Study Completion: July 20, 2022
• Last Updated: August 23, 2023
• Results First Posted: August 23, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)