Beebe 2010.
| Methods |
Study design: randomised controlled trial Study grouping: parallel group Setting: community (school for children located on the campus of National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado) Outcome measures used: Beck Youth Inventories; Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PEDSQL) Asthma Module completed at baseline, post‐intervention (7 weeks) and 6 months after the completion of the intervention |
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| Participants |
Type of chronic illness: asthma (persistent) Inclusion criteria: 7‐14 years old; diagnosed with asthma Exclusion criteria: not described Baseline characteristics Overall Number: 22 Sex (males (%)): not reported Age in years (SD): not reported Ethnicities: not reported Depressive symptoms ‐ rating: not reported Anxiety symptoms ‐ rating: not reported Art therapy Number: not reported Sex (males (%)): not reported Age in years (SD): not reported Ethnicities: not reported Depressive symptoms ‐ rating: not reported Anxiety symptoms ‐ rating: not reported Waiting‐list control Number: not reported Sex (males (%)): not reported Age in years (SD): not reported Ethnicities: not reported Depressive symptoms ‐ rating: not reported Anxiety symptoms ‐ rating: not reported Baseline differences: not reported |
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| Interventions |
Intervention characteristics Art therapy Description of intervention: one hour per week over seven weeks following a manualised structure Modality: group Dose: 7 weekly modules of 60 minutes duration Parent or caregiver involvement: completion of questionnaires only Therapist involvement: art therapist involved in all sessions Waiting‐list control Duration: 7 weeks Parent or caregiver involvement: completion of questionnaires only |
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| Outcomes |
Specific depression measures: Beck Youth Inventory‐ no data included in meta‐analysis Specific anxiety measures: Beck Youth Inventory ‐ no data included in meta‐analysis Quality of life: PedsQL asthma module |
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| Identification |
Sponsorship source: not stated Country: USA Comments: n/a Authors name: Anya Beeb Institution: National Jewish Health Email: beebea@njhealth.com Address: National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, Colorado, United States |
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| Notes | Authors contacted for additional data, but no reply received | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: randomisation not clearly described |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: allocation concealment not clearly described |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: blinding of participants not clearly described |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: blinding of outcome assessors not clearly described |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Judgement comment: only one dropout, controls were the same as intervention group participants |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Judgement comment: all outcome measures appeared to be reported |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: no other sources of bias identified |