Adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents With Deliberate Self-Harm: A Pre-post Observational Study

December 9, 2016 updated by: Darren Courtney, University of Ottawa
The investigators conducted a pre-post naturalistic study regarding changes observed associated with a 15-week course of an adapted form of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents. We measured frequency of self-harm prior to treatment and after treatment using the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview. We also measured changes using the Suicide Ideation Questionnaire, Life Problems Inventory, Resiliency Scale for Children and Adolescents.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

33

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

15 years to 18 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • features of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and recent history of self-injurious thoughts or behaviours.

    1. meeting criteria for BPD or for subsyndromal variants of BPD, and (2) self-injurious thoughts and behaviours defined as: (a) a score > 30 on the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) OR (b) Deliberate Self-harm in the 4 months prior to treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • severe substance use (where residential treatment would be indicated), florid psychosis and developmental delay

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: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: A-DBT-A
Began Adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents
Behavioral: A-DBT-A
Adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Frequency of Deliberate Self-harm
Time Frame: 15 weeks
Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview was performed by clinicians. Using the scale the investigators rated the frequency of deliberate self-harm of participants (with or without suicidal intent) as "most days", "twice or more per week", "once or more per week", "less than once per week", "less than once per 2 weeks" and "less than once a month" or "no self-harm" in the 4 month interval prior to treatment and the 4 month interval during treatment.
15 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire
Time Frame: 15 weeks
Self-report measure was requested a baseline and end of treatment to measure the severity of suicidal ideas.
15 weeks
Life Problems Inventory
Time Frame: 15 weeks
Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder were measured by a self-report form at baseline and post-treatment.
15 weeks
Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents
Time Frame: 15 weeks
RSCA is a self-report measure that was performed at baseline and post-treatment.
15 weeks
Attrition from therapy
Time Frame: 15 weeks
If participants missed 4 or more individual therapy sessions; OR 4 or more group sessions, they were considered to have "dropped out" of therapy.
15 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Ottawa

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2012

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2016

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 27, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 6, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 9, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

December 12, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 9, 2016

Last Verified

December 1, 2016

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • G6302346

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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