Self-compassion Therapist-led Online Group Treatment for Adolescents With Distress, Anxiety, and Depression

Sponsor
Umeå University
Study ID
NCT05448014
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
15 Years - 20 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Compassion focused group therapy online — BEHAVIORAL
    Seven sessions of therapist-led online compassion-focused therapy in groups of 4-8 adolescents with mild to moderate symptoms of distress, anxiety, or depression. Trained therapists administer the CFT program in face-to-face meetings.

Study Details

Background: Distress, anxiety and depression are highly prevalent in school health care or primary care. Many of these conditions remain undiscovered and/or untreated. Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is effective in the treatment of adults' distress and depression, and we will now evaluate the preliminary effect of a brief therapist-led online group CFT, feasibility, and acceptability in low-threshold distressed, anxious, and depressed adolescents. We use online group CFT to increase availability. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether therapist-led online group CFT is feasible and acceptable for the treatment of depression in adolescents between 15 and 20 years of age, in Sweden. The preliminary effect will be calculated to examine if a larger experimental randomized controlled trial is justified. Study design: A two-arm (treatment group vs. control group) pilot randomized controlled trial will be carried out with 40 adolescents. The effect, feasibility, and acceptability of the therapist-led online CFT in groups will be evaluated.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 1, 2022
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2024
Completion
Jun 1, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
42 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: CFT group intervention
    Compassion Focused Therapy in Group on the internet
  • No Intervention: Control group
    Waiting list

Primary Outcome Measure

Perceived Stress Scale [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]

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