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Transdiagnostic, Indicated Preventive Intervention for Adolescents At High Risk of Emotional Problems W/Add-On Modules

Transdiagnostic, Indicated Preventive Intervention for Adolescents At High Risk of Emotional Problems With Add-On Modules (PROCARE-I+)


Sponsor

University of Jaén

Enrollment

30 participants

Start Date

Mar 15, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

PROCARE is a preventive intervention that has shown its effectiveness in selective prevention to reduce young people's risk of developing emotional problems. In this study, an uncontrolled pre-post study is carried out where this personalized transdiagnostic preventive intervention in online mode is applied in the indicated population, with the following objectives: 1) provide data about whether there are improvements in the emotional state of adolescents after implementing PROCARE-I+; and 2) evaluate if there is any risk factor that predicts anxiety-depressive symptoms and/or emotional difficulties. The sample was made up of 30 adolescents who showed symptoms of anxiety and/or depression and a high risk of developing an emotional disorder and who benefited from the preventive, transdiagnostic, online and personalized intervention called PROCARE-I+. After the analysis of the data collected at the pre-intervention and post-intervention time, the data revealed that the intervention had an impact on improving the emotional state of the adolescents in terms of anxious-depressive symptomatology, quality of life and emotional regulation. On the other hand, the data revealed the absence of predictive relationships between the presence of a risk factor and suffering from symptoms of anxiety and depression; In contrast, predictive relationships were found between the presence of the family risk factor and suffering from some emotional difficulty.


Eligibility

Min Age: 12 YearsMax Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria7

  • written informed consent from adolescent and legal guardian
  • able to attend prevention modules on his/her own
  • language competence
  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ""probable diagnoses"
  • score above cut-off for Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-30
  • having incipient symptoms on an emotional level in ADIS 5 C/P
  • absence of anxiety and/or mood disorders

Exclusion Criteria7

  • in- or outpatient
  • concomitant psychological/psychiatric treatment
  • acute suicidality
  • general medical contraindications that hamper attendance to prevention modules
  • have been diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder
  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire "unlikely" or "possible diagnoses"
  • presence of mood and/or anxiety disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORALActive control condition

The active control condition will be based on PROCARE protocol, which was put into practice in PROCARE-I, in 2021.

BEHAVIORALPROCARE-I+ 8-session

The active control condition will be based on PROCARE protocol, which was put into practice in PROCARE-I, in 2021. In addition, PROCARE-I+ adds additional modules, which allow adolescents to be provided with tools to address the risk factors they present.


Locations(3)

Universidad Miguel Hernández

Elche, Alicante, Spain

University of Jaén

Jaén, Jaen, Spain

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain

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