Barriers and facilitators to targeted anxiety prevention programmes in families at risk: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT: Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorder in children and young people. They can be prevented in those at risk, but families do not always take up opportunities to participate in prevention programmes. This qualitative study aimed to understand what families with children who were at prospective risk of anxiety disorders perceived to be the barriers to access to targeted anxiety prevention programmes, and to explore what would help facilitate access. We used Information Power to determine our sample size, and individually interviewed seven young people (14-17 years) who had anxiety disorders and their mothers, each of whom had pre-natal anxiety disorders. We transcribed all interviews and thematically analyzed them to identify perceived barriers and facilitators to targete

SUBMITTER: Lawrence PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9034995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature