Group Therapy Intervention for Children and Adolescents With Injection-Related Anxiety and Their Caregivers

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Conditions studied: Anxiety

In brief

The specific aim of this project is to determine the impact of this group therapy intervention on improving adherence, coping, and functioning among children and adolescents with disease processes requiring injections who experience injection-related anxiety.Hypotheses include: 1. General psychosocial (quality of life) improvements from beginning to post-treatment as well as maintenance of these improvements 2-4 weeks following the termination of treatment for both youth and parents. 2. Reduced injection-related anxiety from baseline to post-treatment as well as maintenance of this improvement 2-4 weeks following the end of treatment for both youth and parents. 3. Reduced anxiety immediately following exposure to feared injection- related stimuli. 4. For participants experiencing poor adherence to medical treatment, improvement in adherence as reported by both parents and youth from baseline to post-treatment as well as maintenance of these improvements 2-4 weeks following the end of treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00804180

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

0

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-23

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• children/adolescents aged 8-17 years.
• presence of a regular caregiver who can participate in weekly group sessions
• injection-related anxiety resulting in either inadequate compliance with injections or significant distress during injections

You may not qualify if…

• severe cognitive impairment
• aggression and/or dangerous behavior in the last six months
• currently at risk of harm to themselves or others
• extreme mood lability
• poorly controlled comorbid psychiatric disorders
• active substance use
• current significant legal involvement
• anxiety that impairs daily functioning beyond injections

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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