黎巴嫩早期青少年情绪技能 (EASE) 干预措施的评估:随机对照试验
Mark J D Jordans1, Felicity L Brown1, Jeremy Kane2
1War Child, Research and Development Department, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Comprehensive psychiatry
|September 25, 2023
概括
这项研究评估了世卫组织对黎巴嫩困难青少年的情绪早期青少年技能 (EASE) 干预. 由于提前终止,无法得出关于EASE有效性的最终结论,尽管这两组都显示了痛苦减少.
科学领域:
- 全球心理健康全球心理健康
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 公共卫生干预 公共卫生干预
背景情况:
- 在人道主义环境中,年轻的青少年面临着严重的心理痛苦.
- 青少年心理健康问题预测成人疾病,需要可扩展的干预措施.
- 世界卫生组织开发了早期青少年情感技能 (EASE) 干预小组.
研究的目的:
- 评估非专家实施的EASE干预措施的有效性.
- 减少年轻青少年,特别是黎巴嫩难民的心理压力.
- 为了比较EASE与通常的增强治疗 (ETAU).
主要方法:
- 进行了一项双臂,单盲,单独随机的小组治疗试验.
- 患有心理困扰的青少年 (10-14岁) 被随机分配到EASE或ETAU.
- 结果包括心理痛苦 (PSC),抑郁症,PTSD,幸福感和功能,在多个时间点进行评估.
主要成果:
- 该研究被提前终止,导致一个低功率的样本 (n=198).
- 在初级或二级结局方面,没有发现群体之间的显著差异.
- 在EASE和ETAU组中,心理困扰的改善情况相似;ETAU组在子组分析中对抑郁症和内化症状有好处.
结论:
- 由于电力不足,该研究无法确定EASE的比较有效性.
- 无论是EASE还是单次心理教育都显示出有意义的痛苦减轻.
- 要确定EASE干预措施的有效性,需要进行进一步的全力研究.
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