Resilience for Children and Young People in Foster Care and Residential Care in Denmark

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In this project we invite 9.000 children and young persons in Denmark and their foster parents and staff at the residential institutions to participate in a cluster randomized controlled intervention study where we aim to test the effectiveness of a web based knowledge and inspiration program about resilience for children, adolescents and adults (called myresilience.org). The complete CONSORT trial protocol is available at http://myresilience.org/ at the subsite 'about us'.

Detailed Description
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The complete CONSORT trial protocol is available at http://myresilience.org/ at the subsite 'about us'.

Official Title
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Resilience for Children and Young People

Conditions
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Children and Adolescents in Foster Care and Residential Care

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: The Resilience Program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: All children and adolescents registered in foster care in Denmark on august 11th 2014. All children and adolescents registered in residential care in Denmark on august 11th 2014. Exclusion Criteria: • Request for legal protection against contacts from researchers.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Maximum Age: 23 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: control<br>service as usual | |
| Experimental: Intervention group 1<br>Participants are offered access to the web based resilience program | Behavioral: The Resilience Program<br>* Se the CONSORT trial protocol at http://myresilience.org/ at the subsite 'about us'<br>|
| Experimental: Intervention group 2<br>Participants are offered access to the web based resilience program and are also invited to join a short introduction course about the program | Behavioral: The Resilience Program<br>* Se the CONSORT trial protocol at http://myresilience.org/ at the subsite 'about us'<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| National Test in Danish Reading | The National test in danish reading is a standard performance test which is mandatory for all danish student. It is administered for every other year. | Outcome data will be collected on the average 2 years after intervention | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The frequency of Care collapse | All incidents of collapse in a care relation is registered by the danish authorities. The informations in this register are used for this outcome measure. | Outcome data will be collected on the average 2 years after intervention |