This is the first project in The Netherlands aimed at testing the acceptability, feasability and effectivity of an online intervention aimed at the psychosocial functioning of adolescents with a visible difference. The aim is to 1) test if the…
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Primary outcome
For the different project phases:
1) acceptability and feasibility: acceptability for Dutch adolescents and the
extent to which it meets their needs.
2) RCT: social anxiety and body esteem.
Secondary outcome
Phase 1: Social anxiety and body esteem.
Phase 1 and 2: Aspects of self-worth, perceived stigmatization, quality of
life, body dysmorphic disorder symptoms, depressive symptoms, demographic
variables and information on the visible difference.
Background summary
In The Netherlands over 250.000 adolescents have a visible difference. They
often experience adverse social situations, such as: being stared at, getting
comments and questions about their appearance, being bullied or excluded. About
a third of these young people develop problems. They lack confidence, are
unhappy about their body, feel anxious in social situations and start evading
them, isolating themselves and function worse in school. In short, their
emotional resilience is lowered. From the clinical practice, we now that a wish
exists in adolescents and patient organisations for adequate psychosocial care
for adolescents with a visible difference.
YP Face IT is an online intervention, developed in England and aimed at helping
young people with a visible difference. In this intervention, adolescents learn
skills and techniques to cope with difficult situations. The intervention has 7
online sessions and an additional booster session after 6 weeks and is aimed at
increasing emotional resilience and self-worth, and getting a more positive
body image. The adolescents can do the intervention on their own, but a
professional is always available on the background to offer support when needed.
A study in England shows that YP Face IT connects to the needs of English
adolescents with a visible difference. In this project, we would like to test
if the format and content is adequate for Dutch adolescents. It is very
important to know if YP Face IT speaks to Dutch adolescents, because due to
cultural differences an intervention can be very successful in one country, but
flop in another. Furthermore, we will test if the emotional resilience is
strengthened and if the appearance-related problems decrease amongst the
adolescents taking part in our study. We hope that the intervention encourages
adolescents to think more positively about themselves and their appearance,
which increases their confidence in socializing with peers and will therefore
be more at ease in social situations at school and in public.
Study objective
This is the first project in The Netherlands aimed at testing the
acceptability, feasability and effectivity of an online intervention aimed at
the psychosocial functioning of adolescents with a visible difference. The aim
is to 1) test if the format and content of the intervention are adequate for
Dutch adolescents and test if the intervention is feasible and 2) test if YP
Face IT is effective at improving social anxiety and body esteem in these
adolescents.
Study design
The project encompasses 2 phases:
1) An acceptability & feasibility trial. This is a longitudinal study, in which
15 adolescents do the intervention. They will complete questionnaires before
and after the intervention and will take part in a semi-structured interview
after the intervention.
2) A randomized controlled trial. This is a longitudinal study in which half of
the adolescents receive the intervention and half will be assigned to a Care As
Usual (CAU) condition. Measurements (questionnaires) will be done at 0, 13 and
25 weeks.
Intervention
YP Face IT is an online psychotherapeutic intervention. The sessions contain
elements of social skilss interaction training and cognitive behavioural
therapy, and is aimed at improving adolescents' emotional resilience.
The intervention consists of 7 weekly sessions (roughly 1 hour each), followed
by a booster-session 6 weeks after the last session. In between the sessions,
adolescents are asked to do some short homework assignments.
Study burden and risks
The burden for the participant will primarily be the time they dedicate to
completing questionnaires (2 or 3 times 45 minutes), following the sessions (8
times an hour). They will also have to dedicate time to homework assignments (6
times 15 minutes).
The intervention is aimed specifically at adolescents with a visible
difference. The study can therefore not be conducted with an older
(patient)group.
Wytemaweg 8
Rotterdam 3015 CN
NL
Wytemaweg 8
Rotterdam 3015 CN
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
Aged 12-18 with a visible difference;
Parental permission under the age of 16;
Have access to a computer with internet;
Phase 2: Experience problems in the areas of social anxiety, depressive symptoms or body esteem (only for RCT).
Exclusion criteria
Mental disability;
Reading ability below 12 years of age;
Visual impairments preventing comprehension of the online intervention;
Diagnosis of depression, psychosis, body dysmorphic disorder or eating disorder;
Insufficient proficiency in Dutch by parent or adolescent
Phase 2: receiving face-to-face treatment.
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Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL63955.078.18 |
| OMON | NL-OMON20261 |
| OMON | NL-OMON24659 |