Prevention of Adolescent Major Depression (CWSA-Fin)

April 19, 2016 updated by: Linnea Karlsson, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

"Adolescents Coping With Stress": Prevention of Adolescent Major Depression in School Health Care

The main purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a cognitive group intervention on prevention of major depression in 14-15-year-old adolescents. Moreover, the effect on other selected mental health parameters are investigated.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

65

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Finland
      • Kuopio, Finland
        • Kuopio University Hospital and Kuopio University
      • Turku, Finland
        • Turku Primary Health care and Adolescent Psychiatric clinic
      • Vantaa, Finland
        • Vantaa Primary Health Care

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 16 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • mild to moderate level depressive symptoms (RBDI self-report scale)
  • adequate knowledge of the Finnish language
  • informed consent from the adolescent (all) and his/her parent (under 15 years)
  • healthy controls comprise subjects with no depressive symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ongoing major depression, dysthymia or bipolar disorder
  • ongoing other severe psychiatric illness precluding group participation
  • mental retardation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: 2
Treatment as usual
Behavioral: Treatment as usual
The usual treatment received by the adolescent with mild to moderate self-reported depressive symptoms in school health care.
Experimental: 1
Group cognitive intervention (the Adolescent Coping with Stress)
Behavioral: the Adolescent Coping with Stress
A group cognitive intervention, manualized and highly structured. Includes 8 sessions (á 1.5 hours) and a booster session 6 months after termination of the actual intervention. Groups leaders are specifically trained for this course.
Active Comparator: 3
Healthy controls, receive usual health education in school health care
Other: usual health education
usual health education given by the school nurses, targeted for healthy controls with no depressive symptoms according to the self-report scale

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Major depression (diagnostic interview) High level of depressive symptoms (self-report scale)
Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12months, 24 months, 36 months
3 months, 6 months, 12months, 24 months, 36 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Suicidality (diagnostic interview, self-report scale)
Time Frame: 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months
3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, 36 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Collaborators

Kuopio University Hospital
University of Helsinki
University of Eastern Finland
City of Turku
City of Vantaa
City of Kuopio

Investigators

  • Study Director: Mauri J Marttunen, Professor, National Institute for Health nd Welfare, Dept of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 7, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

February 8, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 20, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 19, 2016

Last Verified

April 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KTL423-0

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