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ID
Source
Health condition
Adolescents, depression, prevention
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Depressive symptoms; Child Depression Inventory (CDI).
Secondary outcome
1. Attribution style; Adolescent Cognitive Style Questionnaire (ACSQ);
2. Response Style; Children's Respons Style Questionnaire (CRSQ);
3. Cognitive errors; Children’s Negative Cognitive Error Questionnaire-Revised (CNCEQ-R);
4. Alexithymia; Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS20);
5. Happiness (Cantril ladder);
6. School grades;
7. Substance use.
Background summary
In this randomized controlled trial (RCT, with 2 conditions, intervention and control group) the effectiveness and mediating mechanisms of a school-based depression prevention program for adolescents (12-14 years of age) from high-risk neighborhoods will be tested. Adolescents in the intervention group receive the program consisting of 16 lessons integrated with the school curriculum. Measurements of primary and secondary outcomes will be conducted in the intervention and control group at four times (baseline, post intervention, 6 and 12 months follow up).
Study objective
The depression prevention program ("Op Volle Kracht") will be delivered by teachers in the school curriculum in schools with adolescents from high-risk background. It is expected that adolescents who receive the interventions will show lower (increase in) depressive symptoms during the follow-up measurements, compared to the control group. Mediating effects for cognitive vulnerability to stress are hypothesized.
Study design
1. Baseline (December 2011);
2. Post intervention (June 2012);
3. Follow up: 6 months after the end of the intervention (December 2012);
4. Follow up: 12 months after the end of the intervention (June 2013).
Intervention
Participating classes will be randomly allocated to the intervention or control condition, stratified for educational level. Allocation will be done within schools. All the groups in the intervention condition will receive the program which consists of 16 lessons of 50 minutes and will be integrated in the school curriculum from January until June 2012. The program will be delivered by trained teachers.
Adolescents in the control condition receive no intervention and will follow the regular school curriculum.
Behavioural Science Institute<br>
Radboud University Nijmegen
K.C.M. Kindt
Nijmegen 6523 HR
The Netherlands
+31 (0)24 3612713
k.kindt@pwo.ru.nl
Behavioural Science Institute<br>
Radboud University Nijmegen
K.C.M. Kindt
Nijmegen 6523 HR
The Netherlands
+31 (0)24 3612713
k.kindt@pwo.ru.nl
Inclusion criteria
1. Adolescents in 7th and 8th grade, high school (ages 12-14 years);
2. Schools with at least 30% of the pupils living in low income areas. 7th and 8th grade (VMBO-K, VMBO-T, HAVO, VWO, Gymnasium);
3. Passive informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Parents who do not allow their child to participate.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL2963 |
| NTR-old | NTR3110 |
| Other | ZonMw : 80-82470-98-006-01 |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN wordt niet meer aangevraagd. |