A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of unguided internet cognitive behaviour therapy for grief in adolescents

Sarah J Egan; Caitlin Munro; Sian B Pauley-Gadd; Amy O'Brien; Thomas Callaghan; Nicholas Payne; Shravan Raghav; Bronwyn Myers; Christopher Hall; Hayden Wilson; Maarten C Eisma; Paul A Boelen; Kirsten V Smith; Jennifer Wild; Michael Duffy; David Trickey; Elizabeth Bills; Lauren J Breen

doi:10.1016/j.invent.2024.100771

A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of unguided internet cognitive behaviour therapy for grief in adolescents

Sarah J Egan^*, Caitlin Munro, Sian B Pauley-Gadd, Amy O'Brien, Thomas Callaghan, Nicholas Payne, Shravan Raghav, Bronwyn Myers, Christopher Hall, Hayden Wilson, Maarten C Eisma, Paul A Boelen, Kirsten V Smith, Jennifer Wild, Michael Duffy, David Trickey, Elizabeth Bills, Lauren J Breen

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Abstract

Grief is highly prevalent in adolescents, however, there have been no studies investigating internet delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for grief in adolescents (ICBT-G-A). In this paper, the co-design of an unguided ICBT-G-A intervention is described, and a protocol outlined for a pilot randomised controlled trial of the intervention. Participants will be randomised to the intervention (delivered via eight modules over a four-week period) or a four-week waitlist control. Intervention participants will complete a follow-up assessment at one-month post-intervention (eight weeks from the pre-intervention assessment). The intervention outcomes assessed at pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow-up include wellbeing and symptoms of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and prolonged grief. User feedback on experiences and acceptability of the intervention will be sought and feasibility assessed via programmatic data on recruitment and attrition.

Original language	English
Article number	100771
Journal	Internet Interventions
Volume	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100771
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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This work was supported by a grant from Channel 7 Telethon Trust, Western Australia. The funder had no role in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, in writing of the report or the decision to submit the paper for publication. KS is supported by the Medical Research Council [MR/V001841/1] and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (KS: NIHR203316). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

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National Institute for Health and Care Research
Centre for Muslim States and Societies, School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia
Channel 7 Telethon Trust
Medical Research Council	MR/V001841/1
Medical Research Council
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre	NIHR203316
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre

Keywords

Adolescence
Cognitive behaviour therapy
Grief
Internet
Loss

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Egan, S. J., Munro, C., Pauley-Gadd, S. B., O'Brien, A., Callaghan, T., Payne, N., Raghav, S., Myers, B., Hall, C., Wilson, H., Eisma, M. C., Boelen, P. A., Smith, K. V., Wild, J., Duffy, M., Trickey, D., Bills, E., & Breen, L. J. (2024). A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial of unguided internet cognitive behaviour therapy for grief in adolescents. Internet Interventions, 38, Article 100771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100771

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