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National Public Health Institute KTL Helsinki University University of Kuopio Kuopio University Hospital City of Vantaa City of Kuopio City of Turku |
Information provided by: | National Public Health Institute KTL |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00611052 |
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.
Condition | Intervention |
Depressive Disorder |
Behavioral: the Adolescent Coping with Stress Behavioral: Treatment as usual Other: usual health education |
MedlinePlus related topics: | Child Mental Health Depression Mental Health Stress |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Non-Randomized, Single Blind (Investigator), Parallel Assignment |
Official Title: | "Adolescents Coping With Stress": Prevention of Adolescent Major Depression in School Health Care |
Estimated Enrollment: | 1000 |
Study Start Date: | March 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
1: Experimental
Group cognitive intervention (the Adolescent Coping with Stress)
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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.
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2: Active Comparator
Treatment as usual
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Behavioral: Treatment as usual
The usual treatment received by the adolescent with mild to moderate self-reported depressive symptoms in school health care.
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3: No Intervention
Healthy controls, receive usual health education in school health care
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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
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 14 Years to 16 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Mauri J Marttunen, Professor | +358-40-8334125 | mauri.marttunen@ktl.fi |
Contact: Linnea M Karlsson, MD, PhD | +358-40-7445052 | linnea.karlsson@utu.fi |
Finland | |||||
Turku Primary Health care and Adolescent Psychiatric clinic | Recruiting | ||||
Turku, Finland | |||||
Principal Investigator: Linnea M Karlsson, MD, PhD | |||||
Sub-Investigator: Tanja Martin, MD | |||||
Kuopio University Hospital and Kuopio University | Recruiting | ||||
Kuopio, Finland | |||||
Principal Investigator: Säde Pirttimäki | |||||
Sub-Investigator: Koskinen Tarja, MD | |||||
Vantaa Primary Health Care | Recruiting | ||||
Vantaa, Finland | |||||
Principal Investigator: Maria Vuorilehto, MD | |||||
Sub-Investigator: Melartin Tarja, MD, PhD |
National Public Health Institute KTL |
Helsinki University |
University of Kuopio |
Kuopio University Hospital |
City of Vantaa |
City of Kuopio |
City of Turku |
Study Director: | Mauri J Marttunen, Professor | National Public Health Institute, Dept of Mental Health and Alcohol Research |
Responsible Party: | National Public Health Institute, Dept of Mental Health and Alcohol Research ( Professor Mauri Marttunen ) |
Study ID Numbers: | KTL423-0 |
First Received: | January 28, 2008 |
Last Updated: | October 1, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00611052 |
Health Authority: | Finland: Ethics Committee |
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