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Table 2 Overview of measures

From: School-based cognitive behavioral interventions for anxious youth: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Measure

Scale (informant)

T1

T2

T3

T4

Primary outcome measures

 Anxiety symptoms

SCAS (c/p)

 Interference of anxiety symptoms

CALIS (c/p)

Secondary outcome measures

 Depression

SMFQ (c/p)

 

 Quality of life

KINDL (c/p)

 

 General mental health

SDQ (c/p)

 

 Clinical Global Impression

CGI (g)

 

Other measures

 Age, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity

From the youth@hordaland-survey (c/p)

   

 Medication, service use, school absenteeism

Developed for this study (p)

 

 Youth Engagement in and between sessions*

YES (c/g)

    

 Sleep problems

From the youth@hordaland-survey (c)

 

 Children’s Automatic Thought Scale

CATS (c)

 General Self-Efficacy Scale

GSE

 

 Family cohesion

READ subscale (c)

   

 Social support

READ subscale (c)

   

 Adverse childhood experiences

From the youth@hordaland-survey (c)

   

 Parenting psychopathology/stress

DASS (p)

   

 Group leader preference

Developed for this study (g)

   

 Caregiver strain

CGSQ (p)

 

 Life events

LE (c)

   

 Client Satisfaction Scale

CSS (c/p)

  

 

 Treatment Credibility and Expectancy Scale

(CES-c/p)**

    
  1. T1 = Baseline/pre-intervention, T2 = mid-intervention/at 4 weeks, T3 = post intervention/at 10 weeks, T4 = 1-year follow-up. c = child, p = parent, g = group leader
  2. *Administered to group leaders after every session and to youths in session 3-9 (CHILLED) and session3-5 (VAAG)
  3. **Administered to adolescents after session one and to parents after first parent session
  4. SCAS Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale, CALIS Children Anxiety Life Interference Scale, CGI Clinical Global Impression Scale, SMFQ Short Mood and Feeling Questionnaire, KINDL Kinder Lebensqualität Fragebogen, SDQ Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire, CATS Children’s Automatic Thought Scale, GSE General Self-Efficacy Scale, YES Youth Engagement in and between Sessions, CEQ Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire, READ Resilience Scale for Adolescents, DASS Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, CGSQ Caregiver Strain Questionnaire; the youth@hordaland-survey = a population-based survey administered by Uni Research Health, CSS Client Satisfaction Scale