Summary of results of anxiety studies
| Study | Main study findings for mental health outcome* | Main study findings for physical health outcome* | Other study outcomes* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blocher et al27 | Significant reductions over time (baseline, mid, post and 3-month follow-up) for: ▸ Child-rated anxiety ▸ Parent-rated total problem behaviours Non-significant changes for: ▸ Parent-rated internalising symptoms ▸ Parent-rated child anxiety 73% of participants scored within non-clinical range on child anxiety measure post-treatment | None | ▸ All parents were satisfied with the computerised CBT intervention (agreeing or strongly agreeing that the programme was helpful for their child, and would recommend to another parent). ▸ All young people stated that the programme was helpful in reducing anxiety symptoms |
| Hains et al28 | ▸ Reductions in trait anxiety over intervention for four of the five participants, maintained at 3-month follow-up | ▸ Reductions in functional disability scores post-treatment, although for two, the score then increased again at 3-month follow-up (one markedly so) | ▸ Mean decrease in negative coping strategies and an increase in positive coping, but only for illness- (cystic fibrosis) specific problems ▸ Regarding general coping strategies, negative coping strategies did not change, and three young people demonstrated reductions in positive coping |
| Hains et al29 | ▸ Four out of the five young people scoring at elevated levels of anxiety preintervention demonstrated a reduction in anxiety post-treatment, with gains maintained (or improved upon) at the 3-month follow-up | ▸ Diabetes stress—varied response. Little improvements made in most cases | ▸ The two young people scoring at elevated levels for anger expression preintervention demonstrated reductions in anger expression scores at the end of treatment and at 3-month follow-up |
| Papneja and Manassis.30 | Significant reductions over time for: ▸ Clinical Global Impression Scale score in children with anxiety and asthma, and children with anxiety alone Non-significant trend for: ▸ Less improvement in children with comorbid anxiety and asthma | None | |
| Reigada et al31 | ▸ Self-reported general anxiety was reduced (only descriptive statistics provided) ▸ Four participants did not meet criteria for clinician-rated principle anxiety diagnosis following the intervention | ▸ Overall reduction in pain ▸ Changes in disease severity were varied; 50% of participants had reduced disease severity following the intervention, 25% had the same and 25% had increased disease severity | ▸ Average parent satisfaction rating of satisfied/very satisfied with the intervention, they received very good/excellent care and they would recommend the intervention to others ▸ Young people felt that the therapist cared a lot/very much and liked the programme |
*Significant refers to statistical significance at the 0.05 level. Results refer to pre-post treatment differences, unless stated otherwise.