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The proposed intervention is focused on developing and implementing a psychological approach incorporated into a group-based outpatient intervention for pediatric autonomic dysfunction. The investigators hypothesize that their intervention will result in improvements in the transdiagnostic mechanisms specifically targeted by components of their intervention including sleep, information processing, and youth/parent experiential avoidance.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group Intervention | Experimental | 10-week parent-child multi-family group |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Transdiagnostic Group-Based Treatment | Behavioral | 10 week 90-minute weekly therapy sessions including both the adolescent and caregiver. Treatment will consist of psychoeducation about dysautonomia, motivational interviewing techniques to promote readiness for change, support around lifestyle and behavioral changes, core CBT components (e.g., relaxation training, linking thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, minimizing catastrophizing thoughts, cognitive coping, and exposure), and components of ACT aiming to increase cognitive flexibility (e.g., mindfulness, experiential avoidance, values, cognitive defusion, committed action), and relapse prevention and maintenance. Most sessions will involve homework assigned to the adolescent and their parent/legal guardian(s) to encourage practice at home. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Composite Autonomic Symptom Score (self-report) | This is a 31 item self-report measure developed to assess autonomic symptoms (e.g., dizziness, orthostatic intolerance, nausea, sweating). | Baseline, 10 weeks, and 6-months |
| Change in Functional Disability Inventory (caregiver and self-report) | This is a measure that evaluates children's difficulty in physical and psychosocial functioning due to their physical health. The instrument consists of 15 items that assess self-perceptions of activity limitations during the past 2 weeks. | Baseline, 10 weeks, and 6-months |
| Change in Children's Depression Inventory (caregiver and self-report) | This is a 27-item self-report measure designed to assess cognitive, behavioral, and affective symptoms of depression. | Baseline, 10 weeks, and 6-months |
| Change in Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (caregiver and self-report) | This measure is used to screen for childhood anxiety disorders including general anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder and social phobia. In addition, it assesses symptoms related to school refusal. The SCARED consists of 41 items. | Baseline, 10 weeks, and 6-months |
| Change in Transdiagnostic Youth/Parent Questionnaire | Our team developed these comprehensive questionnaires to assess transdiagnostic mechanisms in the present study. These questionnaires comprise full measures and/or subscales drawn from several well-validated and psychometrically-sound measures that are available as part of the public domain and/or that were provided for open access by the developers of the measure, and that have been previously designed and validated to measure each of the mechanisms of interest. These mechanisms include emotion regulation, experiential avoidance, sleep, peer acceptance/rejection, parenting, and information processing. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Adolescent participants must be
Participants must also:
FDI scores must be greater than 12 (see Kashikar-Zuck et al., 2011 for an empirical rationale).
Must have attended at least one day of school per week during the past month.
On the measures of anxiety (SCARED) and depression (CDI), the adolescent's scale score must be above the "average" range based on T scores (CDI) or within the "clinical" range (SCARED).
Each participant must have at least one English-speaking parent/legal guardian who can provide informed consent for the adolescent, as well as participate in the study.
Each adolescent and their parent/legal guardian(s) must be English-speaking.
Exclusion Criteria:
Adolescent participants;
Parent/legal guardian(s) are
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jessica Malmberg, PhD | University of Colorado/Children's Hospital Colorado | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Children's Hospital Colorado | Aurora | Colorado | 80045 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001342 | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D003863 | Depression |
| D054972 | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
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| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Baseline, 10 weeks, and 6-months |
| Change in Pain Coping Questionnaire (caregiver and self-report) | For the current study, this measure has been adapted to ask about "physical illness symptoms" rather than pain. The adapted measure asks adolescents/caregivers to indicate how often (1 = never to 5 = very often) they/their child used each of 39 coping strategies when responding to prompts such as, "When I am experiencing autonomic symptoms for a few hours or days, I…" | Baseline, 10 weeks, and 6-months |
| Satisfaction Questionnaire (caregiver and self-report) | This is an 8-item measure intended to assess satisfaction, perceived benefits, and likelihood of recommending the program. Items, which include "How would you rate the quality of care you have received?" are rated on a 1 to 4 Likert-scale. | 10 weeks |
| D054971 |
| Orthostatic Intolerance |
| D054969 | Primary Dysautonomias |