None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Duration of intervention 4 x one hourly sessions one session per week.Randomised control trial designed to test Cognitive behavioral interventions which will entail 1) Education about anxiety and asthma and differentiating between an asthma attack and a panic attack.2) Setting individual goals, anxiety management using slow breathing techniques and relaxation training.3) Thought management: challenging catastrophic and unhelpful thinking4) Problem solving skills, imagery and relapse prevention
Duration of intervention 4 x one hourly sessions one session per week.Randomised control trial designed to test Cognitive behavioral interventions which will entail 1) Education about anxiety and asthma and differentiating between an asthma attack and a panic attack.2) Setting individual goals, anxiety management using slow breathing techniques and relaxation training.3) Thought management: challenging catastrophic and unhelpful thinking4) Problem solving skills, imagery and relapse prevention identifying high-risk situations.
Sponsors
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and University of Sydney
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Phase one: (Questionnaire to identify people with asthma and anxiety/panic disorder. Diagnosis of asthma and an asthma related medical visit over the previous 12 months. Ability to give informed consent. Ability to read and write English. Phase two: Patients with one or more panic symptoms as identified in phase one. Significant anxiety scores on the HADS as identified in phase one. Phase three: All participants who complete the CBT intervention sessions.
Exclusion criteria
Phase two: Exclude if: any serious mental illness including bipolar disorder or cyclothymia evidence of psychosis or organic brain syndrome, currently involved in any psychotherapy or counseling, women who reprort being pregnant.
Outcome results
None listed