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Pernilla Garmy1, Ulf Jakobsson2, Katarina Steen Carlsson3
1Department of Health Science, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden Center for Primary Health Care Research, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden pernilla.garmy@med.lu.se.
Abstract:
The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the implementation of a universal school-based cognitive behavioral program whose target is to prevent depressive symptoms in adolescents. The study had a quasi-experimental design with pretest, posttest, and a 1-year follow-up and provides an illustrative calculation for the implementation costs of the intervention. Sixty-two students (aged 14) and seven tutors participated. A majority of the students and all of the tutors were satisfied with the intervention. The students, both females and males, rated their depressed symptoms as significantly lower after the course; and for the females, this was maintained 1-year postintervention. The implementation costs for the initial 2 years were about US$300 per student. Positive effects of a universal school-based cognitive behavioral intervention aiming at preventing depressive symptoms in adolescents were found, especially among females.
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