ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2022
Feasibility of a randomised trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) with refugee youth: results from a pilot of the Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial (SUPpORT).
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- Effectiveness of trauma-focused treatments for refugee children: a systematic review and meta-analyses.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Pooled it
- Trauma treatment outcomes for PTSD in refugee and asylum-seeking minors with uncertain residence status: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluation of the METRA + intervention on mental health and social functioning in Afghan refugee adolescents in Pakistan: a pilot study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Trauma Care: Teaching Recovery Technique (TRT) to Children and Adolescent Refugees: A Systematic Review on Effectiveness.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- E-health intervention in pregnant women exposed to intimate partner violence (eIPV): Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2026Article
- Online Tiered Screening for Mental Health Problems Among Refugees in Sweden: Validation Study.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Balancing ethical and practical dilemmas: feasibility of a cluster randomised internal pilot trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques with accompanied refugee children in Sweden.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- The feasibility and acceptability of delivering a group trauma-focused intervention to children in care.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Unaccompanied Refugee Minors: Prevalence, Contributing and Protective Factors, and Effective Interventions: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Psychotherapeutic and Psychosocial Interventions with Unaccompanied Minors: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough post-traumatic stress is prevalent among unaccompanied refugee minors (URM), there are few evidence-based psychological interventions for this group. Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) is a brief, manualised intervention for trauma-exposed youth, which has shown promising results in exploratory studies. The aim of the present study was to assess the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the use of TRT among URM by investigating key uncertainties relating to recruitment, randomisation, intervention delivery and data collection.
methodsA 3-month long non-blinded internal randomised pilot trial with a parallel-group design assessed the feasibility of a planned nationwide multi-site RCT. URM with or without granted asylum were eligible if they were 14 to 20 years old, had arrived in Sweden within the last 5 years and had screened positive for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Quantitative data were collected pre- and post-intervention, and 18 weeks after randomisation. On-site individual randomisation (1:1) followed directly after pre-intervention assessment. Participants allocated to the intervention were offered seven weekly group-based TRT sessions. Quantitative pilot outcomes were analysed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative information was gathered through on-site observations and follow-up dialogue with group facilitators. A process for Decision-making after Pilot and feasibility Trials (ADePT) was used to support systematic decision-making in moving forward with the trial.
resultsFifteen URM (mean age 17.73 years) with PTSD symptoms were recruited at two sites. Three of the youths were successfully randomised to either TRT or waitlist control (TRT n = 2, waitlist n = 1). Fourteen participants were offered TRT for ethical reasons, despite not being randomised. Six (43%) attended ≥ 4 of the seven sessions. Seventy-three percent of the participants completed at least two assessments, with a response rate of 53% at both post-intervention and follow-up.
conclusionsThe findings demonstrated a need for amendments to the protocol, especially with regard to the procedures for recruitment and randomisation. Upon refinement of the study protocol and strategies, an adequately powered RCT was pursued, with data from this pilot study excluded.
trial registrationISRCTN47820795 , prospectively registered on 20 December 2018.
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