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Trial reportJournal of abnormal child psychology2020

School-Based Treatment for Anxiety Research Study (STARS): a Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial.

Golda S Ginsburg, Jeffrey E Pella, Paige J Pikulski, Jenn-Yun Tein, Kelly L Drake

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of abnormal child psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Cost of Illness Analysis.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2020
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  16. Using Evaluative Criteria to Review Youth Anxiety Measures, Part II: Parent-Report.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
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  17. Moderators of Outcome for Youth Anxiety Treatments: Current Findings and Future Directions.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Golda S GinsburgDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 65 Kane Street Room 2033, West Hartford, CT, 06119, USA. Gginsburg@uchc.edu.
Jeffrey E PellaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 65 Kane Street Room 2033, West Hartford, CT, 06119, USA.
Paige J PikulskiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 65 Kane Street Room 2033, West Hartford, CT, 06119, USA.
Jenn-Yun TeinArizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Kelly L DrakeAnxiety Treatment Center of Maryland, The Johns Hopkins Unviersity School of Medicine Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.

Funding

Child Anxiety Prevention Study Long term ExtensionR01MH103799 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GINSBURG, GOLDA SUSAN, RIDDLE, MARK A · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study compared the effectiveness of a school-clinician administered cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) to treatment as usual (TAU) at post-treatment (i.e., after 12 weeks) and at a 1 year follow-up. Sixty-two school-based clinicians (37 in CBT; 25 in TAU) and 216 students (148 students in CBT; 68 in TAU) participated. Students were ages 6-18 (mean age 10.87; 64% Caucasian & 29% African American; 48.6% female) and all met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for a primary anxiety disorder. Independent evaluators (IEs) assessed clinical improvement, global functioning, and loss of anxiety diagnoses; children and parents completed measures of anxiety symptoms. At post-treatment, no significant treatment main effects emerged on the primary outcome; 42% and 37% of youth were classified as treatment responders in CBT and TAU respectively. However, parent-report of child anxiety showed greater improvements in CBT relative to TAU (d = .29). Moderation analyses at post-treatment indicated that older youth, those with social phobia and more severe anxiety at baseline were more likely to be treatment responders in CBT compared to TAU. At the 1 year follow-up, treatment gains were maintained but no treatment group differences or moderators emerged. CBT and TAU for pediatric anxiety disorders, when delivered by school clinicians were generally similar in effectiveness for lowering anxiety and improving functioning at both post-treatment (on all but the parent measure and for specific subgroups) and 1 year follow-up. Implications for disseminating CBT in the school setting are discussed.

Indexed as

School Mental Health ServicesAdolescentAdultAnxiety DisordersChildCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeChild anxietyCognitive behavioral therapySchool-basedTreatmentTreatment as usual

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PMID31749064

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