Treatment of childhood anxiety disorder in the context of maternal anxiety disorder: a randomised controlled trial and economic analysis release_3uwn2dlvqfavzf4yess4y4mnx4

by Cathy Creswell, Susan Cruddace, Stephen Gerry, Rachel Gitau, Emma McIntosh, Jill Mollison, Lynne Murray, Rosamund Shafran, Alan Stein, Mara Violato, Merryn Voysey, Lucy Willetts (+3 others)

Published in Health Technology Assessment by National Institute for Health Research.

2015   Volume 19, Issue 38, p1-184

Abstract

<jats:sec id="abs1-1"><jats:title>Background</jats:title>Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for childhood anxiety disorders is associated with modest outcomes in the context of parental anxiety disorder.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-2"><jats:title>Objectives</jats:title>This study evaluated whether or not the outcome of CBT for children with anxiety disorders in the context of maternal anxiety disorders is improved by the addition of (i) treatment of maternal anxiety disorders, or (ii) treatment focused on maternal responses. The incremental cost-effectiveness of the additional treatments was also evaluated.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-3"><jats:title>Design</jats:title>Participants were randomised to receive (i) child cognitive–behavioural therapy (CCBT); (ii) CCBT with CBT to target maternal anxiety disorders [CCBT + maternal cognitive–behavioural therapy (MCBT)]; or (iii) CCBT with an intervention to target mother–child interactions (MCIs) (CCBT + MCI).</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-4"><jats:title>Setting</jats:title>A NHS university clinic in Berkshire, UK.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-5"><jats:title>Participants</jats:title>Two hundred and eleven children with a primary anxiety disorder, whose mothers also had an anxiety disorder.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-6"><jats:title>Interventions</jats:title>All families received eight sessions of individual CCBT. Mothers in the CCBT + MCBT arm also received eight sessions of CBT targeting their own anxiety disorders. Mothers in the MCI arm received 10 sessions targeting maternal parenting cognitions and behaviours. Non-specific interventions were delivered to balance groups for therapist contact.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-7"><jats:title>Main outcome measures</jats:title>Primary clinical outcomes were the child's primary anxiety disorder status and degree of improvement at the end of treatment. Follow-up assessments were conducted at 6 and 12 months. Outcomes in the economic analyses were identified and measured using estimated quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). QALYS were combined with treatment, health and social care costs and presented within an incremental cost–utility analysis framework with associated uncertainty.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-8"><jats:title>Results</jats:title>MCBT was associated with significant short-term improvement in maternal anxiety; however, after children had received CCBT, group differences were no longer apparent. CCBT + MCI was associated with a reduction in maternal overinvolvement and more confident expectations of the child. However, neither CCBT + MCBT nor CCBT + MCI conferred a significant post-treatment benefit over CCBT in terms of child anxiety disorder diagnoses [adjusted risk ratio (RR) 1.18, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.87 to 1.62,<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.29; adjusted RR CCBT + MCI vs. control: adjusted RR 1.22, 95% CI 0.90 to 1.67,<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.20, respectively] or global improvement ratings (adjusted RR 1.25, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.59,<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.05; adjusted RR 1.20, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.53,<jats:italic>p</jats:italic> = 0.13). CCBT + MCI outperformed CCBT on some secondary outcome measures. Furthermore, primary economic analyses suggested that, at commonly accepted thresholds of cost-effectiveness, the probability that CCBT + MCI will be cost-effective in comparison with CCBT (plus non-specific interventions) is about 75%.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-9"><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>Good outcomes were achieved for children and their mothers across treatment conditions. There was no evidence of a benefit to child outcome of supplementing CCBT with either intervention focusing on maternal anxiety disorder or maternal cognitions and behaviours. However, supplementing CCBT with treatment that targeted maternal cognitions and behaviours represented a cost-effective use of resources, although the high percentage of missing data on some economic variables is a shortcoming. Future work should consider whether or not effects of the adjunct interventions are enhanced in particular contexts. The economic findings highlight the utility of considering the use of a broad range of services when evaluating interventions with this client group.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-10"><jats:title>Trial registration</jats:title>Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN19762288.</jats:sec><jats:sec id="abs1-11"><jats:title>Funding</jats:title>This trial was funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and managed by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on behalf of the MRC–NIHR partnership (09/800/17) and will be published in full in<jats:italic>Health Technology Assessment</jats:italic>; Vol. 19, No. 38.</jats:sec>
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