Common Engagement Strategies (Common Factors) for Childhood Anxiety
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02441569 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 12, 2015
Last Update Posted : May 9, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Anxiety | Behavioral: Common factors engagement training for provider Behavioral: Standard pediatric advice for childhood anxiety | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 32 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Common Engagement Strategies (Common Factors) for Childhood Anxiety |
Study Start Date : | September 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2016 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Common factors intervention
Children and parents in this arm will be cared for by a provider who has received brief training in common factors patient engagement skills (the intervention) for use in addition to standard anxiety-related advice. Thus this arm will receive common factors engagement training for provider.
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Behavioral: Common factors engagement training for provider
Primary care providers have received brief training in communication skills designed to promote family engagement in care including understanding of treatment and empowerment. Behavioral: Standard pediatric advice for childhood anxiety Providers will be free to use their existing knowledge of anxiety problems to offer routine counseling. |
Active Comparator: Control
Children and parents in this arm will be cared for by a provider who is able to offer standard pediatric anxiety-related advice (the control intervention). Families will receive standard pediatric advice for childhood anxiety.
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Behavioral: Standard pediatric advice for childhood anxiety
Providers will be free to use their existing knowledge of anxiety problems to offer routine counseling. |
- The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Re-test on short inventory of anxiety-related symptoms

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 6 Years to 12 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02441569
United States, District of Columbia | |
Georgetown University Pediatric Clinic | |
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20057 |
Principal Investigator: | Lawrence S Wissow, MD | Johns Hopkins University |
Responsible Party: | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02441569 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P20MH086048 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | May 12, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 9, 2017 |
Last Verified: | May 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders |