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NCT Number: NCT02441569

Common Engagement Strategies (Common Factors) for Childhood Anxiety

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

6 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Georgetown University Pediatric Clinic

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20057, United States

About this study

Children who are thought to have mild to moderate anxiety will, via their parents, be offered the opportunity to receive treatment from their pediatric primary care provider. Providers will either use their existing anxiety approaches or will use those approaches combined with extra communication skills designed to promote patient and parent engagement in care. Children will be seen for up to 4 30-minute visits at 2 week intervals, with a follow-up telephone call 3 months later to asses the impact of treatment. Children with more severe anxiety (or those whose parents so desire) will be referred for specialized mental health care.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Coming for well-child visit to designated clinical site;
  • SCARED score 25 or greater

Exclusion criteria

  • acute medical illness, SCARED 40 or greater

Treatment and study plan

Common factors engagement training for provider

Behavioral

Primary care providers have received brief training in communication skills designed to promote family engagement in care including understanding of treatment and empowerment.

Standard pediatric advice for childhood anxiety

Behavioral

Providers will be free to use their existing knowledge of anxiety problems to offer routine counseling.

Primary outcomes

  1. The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)

    Time frame: 3 months

    Re-test on short inventory of anxiety-related symptoms

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Other

Collaborators

  • Georgetown University

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
May 12, 2015
Registry last updated
May 9, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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