Do School-Based Anxiety Prevention Programs Support Youth?
Analyzing School-Based Interventions for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Anxiety
Author Note
Summary
1
Objectives
2
Methods
2.1
Eligibility Criteria
2.2
Information Sources
2.3
Search Strategy
2.4
Selection Process
2.5
Data Collection Process and Items
2.6
Risk of Bias
2.7
Synthesis Methods
3
Results
3.1
Characteristics of Included Systematic Reviews
3.1.1
Methodological Quality and Risk of Bias of Included Systematic Reviews
3.1.2
Overlap of Primary Studies Across Systematic Reviews
3.2
Characteristics of Eligible Primary Studies
3.2.1
Study Design
3.2.2
Participants
3.2.3
Settings
3.2.4
Experimental Interventions
3.2.5
Comparison Interventions
3.2.6
Risks of Bias
3.3
Effects of School-Based Anxiety Prevention Interventions
3.3.1
Findings from Eligible Systematic Reviews
3.3.2
Anxiety Diagnosis
3.3.3
Subsyndromal Anxiety
3.3.4
Anxiety Symptoms
3.3.5
Depression Symptoms
3.3.6
Educational Achievement
3.3.7
Self-Harm
3.3.8
Stress
3.3.9
Substance Use
3.3.10
Suicidal Ideation
3.3.11
Well-being
3.4
Variation in Effects by Methodological, Demographic, and Intervention Characteristics
4
Conclusions
5
Additional Information
5.1
Author Contact
5.2
Open Research Statement
5.3
Support
5.4
Competing Interests
6
References
7
Tables
7.1
Table 1. Characteristics of Included Systematic Reviews
7.2
Table 2. Methodological Quality of Included Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR-2)
7.3
Table 3. Risk of Bias in Included Systematic Reviews (ROBIS)
7.4
Table 4. Characteristics of Included Primary Studies
8
Figures
8.1
Figure 1. Flow diagram for identification of systematic reviews and primary studies
8.2
Figure 2. Overlap of all primary studies across systematic reviews
8.3
Figure 3. Overlap of eligible primary studies across systematic reviews
9
Appendices
9.1
Appendix 1. List of reviews excluded at full-text eligibility assessment
9.2
Appendix 2. List of studies excluded at full-text eligibility assessment
9.3
Appendix 3. List of studies awaiting classification
9.4
Appendix 4. Characteristics of included reviews
9.5
Appendix 5. Characteristics of included studies
Technical Report: Anxiety Prevention
8
Figures
8.1
Figure 1. Flow diagram for identification of systematic reviews and primary studies
8.2
Figure 2. Overlap of all primary studies across systematic reviews
8.3
Figure 3. Overlap of eligible primary studies across systematic reviews
