TEPS for At-Risk Youth

Northwestern University66 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this aim was to conduct a randomized pilot trial evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the co-created digital mental health program for anxiety among youth with elevated anxiety. Youth were recruited from local public libraries, and the program was integrated into the teen programming of library services.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Control Condition Intervention Condition

Interventions

Technology Enabled Prevention ServicesBEHAVIORAL

Digital mental health intervention focused on anxiety among youth, with one-week and one-month follow-ups

Library-As-Usual Control ConditionBEHAVIORAL

This condition included going over the existing mental health services the library has and then choosing one of those services to participate in

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 12-18 years, currently enrolled in high school * Score 5 or above on the GAD-7 Exclusion Criteria: * Participated in previous field usability trial

Locations (1)

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Acceptability

Program Feedback Questionnaire (PFQ)

Time frame: Assessed at the time the online intervention was taken during the 1-week period between baseline and the 1-week follow-up. Only for intervention condition.

Feasibility of Participants Completing the Digital Intervention

Completion of intervention by youth in the intervention condition

Time frame: Assessed at 1-week follow-up (if they started, completed, or did not complete the intervention over the 1 week period). Only intervention condition.

Usability

System Usability Scale

Time frame: Assessed at the time the online intervention was taken during the 1-week period between baseline and the 1-week follow-up. Only for intervention condition.

Secondary Outcomes

Anxiety

RCADS-25, anxiety subscale

Time frame: Assessed at baseline, one-week follow-up and one-month follow-up for all participants

Avoidance

Child-Report Measure of Behavioral Avoidance (CAMS)

Time frame: Assessed at baseline, one-week follow-up and one-month follow-up for all participants

Emotion Regulation

Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (ERQ-CA)

Time frame: Assessed at 1-week follow-up (if they started, completed, or did not complete the intervention over the 1 week period). Only intervention condition.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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