An interventional study of Tailored Dissemination Campaign and Dissemination-as-usual in Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Trauma and Stress Related Disorders, sponsored by Brown University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10.
Sponsored by Brown University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The goal of this pilot randomized study is to learn whether a dissemination campaign co-designed with a community advisory board helps caregivers of children with anxiety and related disorders seek exposure therapy, compared with standard information. Participants are caregivers of children ages 4 to 18 with current anxiety, OCD, or traumatic stress symptoms.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does the dissemination campaign improve caregivers' knowledge of exposure therapy, attitudes toward it, perceived norms about seeking it, and confidence that they can find an exposure therapist, compared with dissemination-as-usual?
Does the dissemination campaign increase caregivers' intentions to seek exposure therapy for their child, compared with dissemination-as-usual?
Researchers will compare the dissemination campaign to dissemination-as-usual, which is links to professional organization websites and advice to contact their insurance company or search an online therapist directory.
Participants will:
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Adult (age 18 or older) parent or other family caregiver Has a child aged 4 to 18 years with current symptoms of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and/or traumatic stress, by caregiver report Able to read and understand English Able to provide
Exclusion Criteria:
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Caregivers are randomized to review the community advisory board-designed dissemination campaign, including flyers, infographics, testimonial videos, and explainer video.
Behavioral: Tailored Dissemination Campaign
Caregivers are randomized to review standard information about finding mental health services for their child (e.g., information found via google and foundation websites)
Behavioral: Dissemination-as-usual
A direct-to-consumer dissemination campaign about exposure therapy for youth anxiety and related disorders, co-designed with a community advisory board of family caregivers and providers and refined through caregiver focus groups. It covers the same core content as standard information about finding mental health care, but uses terminology and explanations developed with the advisory board. It also includes a skills-focused "how-to" guide for finding and accessing an exposure therapist. The campaign targets help-seeking mechanisms from the Theory of Planned Behavior: knowledge, attitudes, perceived norms, and self-efficacy. Participants review the materials online for at least 10 minutes.
Standard information about seeking mental health care for a child: links to professional organization websites and summary of information generated from Google searches. Participants review the materials online for at least 10 minutes.
Caregiver Self-Efficacy for Seeking Exposure Therapy
Self-efficacy for finding an exposure therapist for one's child, measured with two caregiver-report items rated on a 7-point agreement scale (e.g., "If I really wanted to, I could find an exposure specialist for my child"). The items are averaged into a score from 1 to 7, and higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy. Groups will be compared on the post-review score, controlling for baseline.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-review) and immediately post-review (same study session)
Caregiver Attitudes Toward Exposure Therapy
Attitudes toward exposure therapy, measured with four standard semantic differential scales. The total score is the average of z-standardized items, and higher scores indicate more favorable attitudes. Groups will be compared on the post-review score, controlling for baseline.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-review) and immediately post-review (same study session)
Perceived Norms for Seeking Exposure Therapy
Perceived norms about seeking exposure therapy, measured with two items rated on a 7-point agreement scale. One asks whether "other caregivers like me" would seek exposure therapy, and the other asks whether people important to the caregiver would approve. The items are averaged into a score from 1 to 7, and higher scores indicate more favorable perceived norms. Groups will be compared on the post-review score, controlling for baseline.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-review) and immediately post-review (same study session)
Caregiver Intentions to Seek Exposure Therapy
Strength of caregivers' intentions to seek exposure therapy for their child, measured with two items rated on a 7-point scale: how willing and how likely the caregiver is to seek exposure therapy. The items are averaged into a score from 1 to 7, and higher scores indicate stronger intentions. Groups will be compared on the post-review score, controlling for baseline.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-review) and immediately post-review (same study session)
Caregiver Knowledge of Exposure Therapy
Caregiver awareness of and prior experience with exposure therapy, measured with a previously developed two-item measure. Groups will be compared on the post-review score, controlling for baseline.
Time frame: Baseline (pre-review) and immediately post-review (same study session)
Acceptability of Dissemination Strategies
Caregiver ratings of the acceptability of each dissemination strategy developed with the community advisory board.
Time frame: Immediately post-review (same study session)
Caregiver-Reported Connection to Mental Health Services
Number of caregivers in a purposive subsample (n=32; 16 per arm, selected for high or low baseline intentions) who report successfully connecting their child with mental health services, and the type of treatment sought (including exposure therapy). This is assessed in a 15-minute structured phone interview. Reported barriers to accessing care and the influence of study materials on help-seeking will be analyzed qualitatively with rapid qualitative analysis, using codes from the Theory of Planned Behavior.
Time frame: 2 months post-review
No study locations are listed for this record.
Plan to share: Yes — De-identified individual participant data from the quantitative surveys will be shared, including baseline and post-review measures of help-seeking intentions, knowledge, attitudes, perceived norms, self-efficacy, and acceptability, along with de-identified demographic and child symptom data. Qualitative interview transcripts will not be shared, to protect participant confidentiality.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form
Time frame: Data will be available beginning 6 months after publication of the primary results and for at least 3 years after that.
Access criteria: Data will be available to qualified researchers who submit a methodologically sound proposal to the study PI and sign a data use agreement
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