Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Apr 23, 2023
Date Accepted: Jun 13, 2023
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Do parents enhance cognitive behavior therapy for youth anxiety? Protocol for an overview of systematic reviews over time
ABSTRACT
Background:
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has shown to be highly effective for treating youth anxiety, yet there is ongoing debate as to whether involving parents improves outcomes. As evidence has accumulated, reviews and meta-analyses have attempted to answer this question. These reviews often have high impact in the field, however, they use varied methodologies and draw on different primary studies. Different formats of CBT for youth anxiety have also developed in relation to parent involvement, including youth only CBT (Y-CBT; youth alone attends treatment), youth and parent/family CBT (F-CBT; youth and parent attends) and most recently, parent only CBT (P-CBT; parent alone attends).
Objective:
This protocol describes an overview of systematic reviews comparing the relative efficacy of different formats of CBT for youth anxiety over the period this was studied. It will also examine the moderating effects of variables on the efficacy of different formats e.g., youth age and long-term effects.
Methods:
We will analyze the results of systematic reviews which compare different levels and types of parent involvement in CBT for anxiety over the period this was studied. A systematic review of medical and psychological databases (PsycINFO, PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and EMBASE) will identify systematic reviews comparing the efficacy of different formats of parent involvement in CBT for youth anxiety (Y-CBT, P-CBT and F-CBT). It will also describe the different types of analyses conducted in each review. This overview will present the relative efficacy of formats chronologically in a table and then describe the main results longitudinally in a narrative summary. An AMSTAR 2 quality rating will be given to each included review.
Results:
The last search was conducted on 1st of July 2022. Analysis and synthesis are ongoing.
Conclusions:
This overview will compare and report the relative efficacy of Y-CBT, P-CBT and F-CBT for youth anxiety over the period this was studied. It will provide recommendations for conducting systematic reviews regarding parental involvement for youth anxiety CBT. Clinical Trial: This study protocol is registered with the Open Science Framework: osf.io/2u58t
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