NCT05766072

Early Intervention Coping Kids (TIM) Follow up Study

5 Year- Follow up of Anxious and Sad Children

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 450 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Oslo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 22 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The project objectives are to investigate if a preventive intervention targeting anxious and sad children aged 8 to 12 years has haf the anticipated long-term effects, 5 years after receiving the intervention. Hence: will an indicated intervention reduce the incidence of common mental disorders in youth in the long term? The current study is a 5 year follow up of the previously completed RCT called the TIM-study (Clinical Trials identifier: NCT 02340637). The aim of this study is to determine the long-term effects of the intervention to examine if true preventive effects are achieved as indicated by lower symptom levels, better functioning og fewer diagnosis of anxiety and depression 5 years after receiving an indicated preventiv intervention.

Conditions

• Anxiety Disorders
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	EMOTION Kids coping with anxiety and depression (Mestrende barn in Norwegian)	The intervention is transdiagnostic and based on cognitive behavioral therapy where the children and their parents meet i groups led of school health nurses. They are learning coping skills to meet challenging and avoided situations, learning about emotion regulation, physical symptoms conitive restructuring and exposure/behavioral activation. Te manual is publshed in a US/English version and in a Norwegian version.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-13
• Primary completion: 2024-02-29
• Completion: 2027-12-31
• First posted: 2023-03-13
• Last updated: 2025-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway