ArticleTrials2026
Behavioral telehealth in low-resource primary care settings for anxiety and depression in youth: protocol for a randomized effectiveness-implementation study.
Article in Trials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06273982 (Behavioral Telehealth in Low-resource Primary Care Settings for Anxiety and Depression in Youth), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Behavioral Telehealth in Low-resource Primary Care Settings for Anxiety and Depression in Youth: A Randomized Effectiveness-implementation Study
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
13 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundAnxiety and mood disorders in youth are prevalent and impairing, with high current and lifetime comorbidity. Untreated, these disorders lead to sustained functional impairment and increased risk for recurrent disorder and suicide. In addition, there are notable disparities in care, with both families experiencing increased social risk and youth of color significantly less likely to receive mental health services. In previous research, a primary-care-based transdiagnostic brief behavioral therapy (BBT) was developed and found to be effective for a broad population of youths with anxiety and depression. To increase dissemination potential to settings that serve low-resource families (e.g., community health centers [CHCs]), the intervention, now called "STEP-UP," has been expanded to support a digital health framework and delivery in Spanish. We describe the protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized-effectiveness trial to test the effects of STEP-UP in a community sample of youths with anxiety and/or depression.
methodYouths (age = 8-16, N = 220) will be randomized to (a) STEP-UP or (b) assisted referral to treatment as usual (TAU+). Clinical effectiveness will be assessed by masked independent evaluators at posttreatment (week 16) and at follow-up (week 32). Implementation data will be pulled from the following: (a) Surveys of health system leaders, (b) surveys of and interviews with STEP-UP clinicians, and (c) electronic health record (EHR) and health system administrative data. Specific aims include testing the clinical effectiveness of STEP-UP and engagement of the intervention mechanism (Aim 1), probing cost-effectiveness (Aim 2), testing social determinants of health (SDOH) predictors and moderators to evaluate robustness of effects (Aim 3), and identifying target mechanisms for future implementation trials using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR, Aim 4). DISCUSSION: Results of the randomized trial may help move effective treatments for youth anxiety and depression problems into widespread community practice.
trial registrationNCT06273982. Registered on February 15, 2024.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.