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Attention Bias Modification, Attention Control and Psychoeducation for Irritability in Children and Adolescents

NCT03238118 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2020-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of an attention bias modification training if compared to an attention control and psychoeducation to reduce the symptoms of irritability among children with high levels of irritability.

Conditions

  • Irritability

Interventions

OTHER

Attention bias modification training

Participants will complete the assigned attention-training task three times a week for two weeks (six sessions), yielding 960 trials. Each session consists of three parts: evaluating the individual baseline, training and testing. Participants will also be required to complete a self-report assessment before and after each session. Participants will be evaluated at baseline, the end of week 1 and at the end of week 2 by blind investigators. Psychoeducation Participants will receive psychoeducation once a week for two weeks. Participants will also be required to complete a self-report assessment before and after each session of psychoeducation. Participants will be evaluated at baseline, the end of week 1 and at the end of week 2 by blind investigators.

OTHER

Attention Control Training

Attention Control Training Participants will complete the assigned attention-training task three times a week for two weeks (six sessions), yielding 960 trials. Each session consists of three parts: evaluating the individual baseline, training and testing. Participants will also be required to complete a self-report assessment before and after each session. Participants will be evaluated at baseline, the end of week 1 and at the end of week 2 by blind investigators. Psychoeducation Participants will receive psychoeducation once a week for two weeks. Participants will also be required to complete a self-report assessment before and after each session of psychoeducation. Participants will be evaluated at baseline, the end of week 1 and at the end of week 2 by blind investigators.

OTHER

Psychoeducation

Participants will receive psychoeducation once a week for two weeks. Participants will also be required to complete a self-report assessment before and after each session of psychoeducation. Participants will be evaluated at baseline, the end of week 1 and at the end of week 2.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giovanni Salum · Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-18
Primary Completion
2020-09-24
Completion
2020-09-24

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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