Online psychosocial group intervention for adolescents with a chronic illness: A randomized controlled trial.

No significant effects were found at 12-months follow-up (T2 vs T0), though the marginal significance of the regression coefficients of social functioning (β = 0.41, p = .052) and psychosocial functioning (β = 0.42, p = .081; Fig. 5 ) indicated a long-term effect of the intervention at T2. 4 Discussion and conclusion 4.1 Discussion The results of this RCT indicate a positive effect of Op Koers Online for adolescents, an online psychosocial group intervention for adolescents with different types of CI: the intervention had a positive effect on disease-related coping skills (use of relaxation, social competence and information seeking) and on HRQoL (social, school, psychosocial and total).

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The intervention effect on information seeking was marginally significant at 6-months follow up (β = 0.52, p = .063) but significant at 12-months follow up (β = 0.61, p = .026; Fig. 5 ). 3.3 Secondary outcomes 3.3.1 Health-related quality of life (PedsQL) Significant beneficial effects of the intervention (study group × time, p < .05) were found at 6-months follow up (T1 vs T0) on social functioning, school functioning and on the summary scales psychosocial health ( Fig. 6 ) and total HRQoL ( Fig. 7 ); β ranging from 0.52–0.60, p ranging from 0.011 to 0.029 ( Table 3 ).

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