VP3: Vancouver Primary Prevention Program (Anxiety Disorders Prevention in School Children)

• Sponsor: University of British Columbia (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00247754
• Collaborator: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Other)
• Enrollment: 281
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 31
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 9.1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Objective:

1. To evaluate the efficacy of a school-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program in reducing anxiety disorder symptoms in at-risk public school children.

2. To determine whether parent education and involvement improves outcome in anxious children treated with CBT.

3. To determine the ability of school personnel in a) recognizing classroom behaviors as anxiety disordered after targeting training of observable child behaviors e.g., avoidance, over-worry, etc.), and b) delivering a cognitive behavior intervention and

4. To evaluate a new measure of teacher-rated anxiety disorder symptoms in children.

Hypothesis:

1. A CBT oriented intervention as delivered by school personnel will be superior to an attention control procedure in reducing anxiety symptoms in at-risk children.

2. Children who have parental involvement will post stronger and more enduring treatment gains.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Anxiety	Behavioral: Cognitive Behaviour Treatment	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: VP3: Vancouver Primary Prevention Program (Anxiety Disorders Prevention in School Children)
• Study Start Date: Nov 1, 2002
• Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2005

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Anxiety symptoms []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 7 Years to 13 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

Children enrolled in school between the ages of 7 and 13 who display anxiety symptoms.

1. Anxiety disorder symptoms (identified by a score of 56 or higher on the MASC; and teacher report, and /or parent recommendation) as the primary presenting problem. An enrolled child must have at least 2 of these criterions.

2. Fluency in English.

3. Parent willingness to sign consent form and to complete required assessments.

4. Student willingness to participate (child assent) in 10-week affective education program and completion of required assessments.

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education	Vancouver	British Columbia	Canada	V6T 1Z4

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of British Columbia
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Lynn Miller, PhD, R.Psych., University of British Columbia

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00247754
• Other Study ID Numbers: B01-0072
• First Posted: Nov 2, 2005
• Last Update Posted: Nov 2, 2005
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2005

• Keywords provided by , ,: Anxiety; Therapy; Behaviour
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Anxiety Disorders

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 2, 2005