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Trial reportJournal of pediatric psychology2025

Effectiveness of a group intervention to improve mental health in siblings of children with chronic disorders: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Solveig M Kirchhofer, Trude Fredriksen, Stian Orm, Matteo Botta, Erica Zahl, Hugo Cogo-Moreira, Caitlin M Prentice, Torun M Vatne, Yngvild B Haukeland, Wendy K Silverman and 1 more

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Trial report in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04056884 (A Randomized Controlled Group Intervention Trial for Siblings and Parents of Children With Chronic Illness), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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A Randomized Controlled Group Intervention Trial for Siblings and Parents of Children With Chronic Illness (SIBS-RCT)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of OsloRan2019 to 2024Enrolled288ConditionsSiblings of Children With Chronic IllnessArmsSIBS intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Solveig M KirchhoferDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0009-0007-2733-4675
Trude FredriksenDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-6873-2414
Stian OrmDivision Mental Health Care, Inland Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-4932-8264
Matteo BottaDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0009-0007-4041-1639
Erica ZahlDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8500-913X
Hugo Cogo-MoreiraDepartment of Education, ICT and Learning, Ostfold University College, Halden, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-9411-9237
Caitlin M PrenticeDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8420-7521
Torun M VatneDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-2591-4859
Yngvild B HaukelandKompasset, Blå Kors, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-9759-6944
Wendy K SilvermanChild Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4415-4098
Krister W FjermestadDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-7501-0033

Funding

Norwegian Research Council #321027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe evaluated the effectiveness of SIBS, a preventive intervention for siblings and parents of children with chronic disorders (CDs).

methodsThis two-arm, unmasked cluster randomized controlled trial registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04056884), included 288 siblings (M age = 10.4 years, SD = 1.9) and parents of children with CDs (mainly neurodevelopmental disorders) randomly assigned to intervention (k = 34, n = 137) or waitlist control (k = 35, n = 151) groups. Eligible siblings were aged 8-16 years and had a sibling diagnosed with a CD. SIBS is manual-based and was delivered as five sessions over 2 weeks in primary care and hospital settings across Norway. Three sessions are separate for siblings and parents, and two are integrated sibling-parent dialogues. The primary outcome was sibling mental health, rated by siblings, parents, and teachers. The secondary outcome was parent-child communication, rated by siblings and parents. Analyses included intention-to-treat (ITT) and complier average causal effects (CACE).

resultsAlthough not statistically significant, at 3-month follow-up, the intervention group showed fewer mental health problems (ITT: sibling-rated d = -0.16, 95% CI [-0.49, 0.17]; parent-rated d = -0.10, 95% CI [-0.48, 0.12]; teacher-rated d = -0.18, 95% CI [-0.50, 0.29]) and higher-quality parent-child communication (ITT: sibling-rated d = 0.21, 95% CI [-0.10, 0.52]; parent-rated d = 0.24, 95% CI [-0.07, 0.55]) compared to waitlist.

conclusionsThe SIBS intervention demonstrated small, consistent positive effects on sibling mental health and parent-child communication. This suggests SIBS is a promising preventive program for siblings of children with CDs.

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Mental HealthNeurodevelopmental DisordersParent-Child RelationsPsychotherapy, GroupSiblingsAdolescentChildChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleNorwayParentsinterventionparentspreventionrandomized controlled trialsiblings

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