Feasibility & Acceptability of an Online Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills training for people with anxiety & depression

Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Group Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills training in a transdiagnostic group with anxiety and depression

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2022/02/040599

Enrollment

Registered

2022-02-24

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-04-04

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: F40-F48- Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders Health Condition 2: F32- Major depressive disorder, singleepisode

Interventions

Intervention1: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy skills training: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy skills for mindfulness and emotional regulation by Linehan will be taught to the patients in a group the

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. The age of the participants should be above 18 2. High emotional dysregulation (DERS cut-off score >=45) 3. Currently meeting criteria for either depression and/or anxiety disorder as per DSM V criteria 4. Duration of illness 5. Six weeks of stable dosage of medicines prior to the study or currently not on medication 6. Stable dosage of medicines for the course of the study 7. Access to internet, smartphone/laptop/computer 8. Read, write, and speak English 9. Access to privacy to attend sessions 10. Participant residing in India

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals meeting the criteria for diagnosis of Intellectual Disability, Bipolar affective disorder, Schizophrenia, and other psychotic illnesses 2. Currently in inpatient treatment 3. Currently undergoing psychotherapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measures for Feasibility and Acceptability of the program - primary outcome; Referrals; Mean attendance of the program; Rates of homework compliance; Usefulness of the session and module; Feedback InterviewTimepoint: The usefulness of the session will be measured weekly, the usefulness of the module will be measured after the completion of the module. The rest of the outcomes will be measured at the end of the study.	—

Measure

Time frame

Measures for Feasibility and Acceptability of the program - primary outcome; Referrals; Mean attendance of the program; Rates of homework compliance; Usefulness of the session and module; Feedback InterviewTimepoint: The usefulness of the session will be measured weekly, the usefulness of the module will be measured after the completion of the module. The rest of the outcomes will be measured at the end of the study.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Difficulties in emotional regulation will measure emotional dysregulation in the patient. Measured using Difficulties in Emotional regulation (DERS-18) scale. Symptom severity of depression and anxiety will be measured using Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)respectively. The psychological wellbeing of the patient using Clinical outcomes in routine evaluation (CORE-10).Timepoint: DERS-18, PHQ-9 and GAD-7 will be measured at the beginning of the intervention, after their respective course of intervention and at follow up after 1 month.	—

Measure

Time frame

Difficulties in emotional regulation will measure emotional dysregulation in the patient. Measured using Difficulties in Emotional regulation (DERS-18) scale. Symptom severity of depression and anxiety will be measured using Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)respectively. The psychological wellbeing of the patient using Clinical outcomes in routine evaluation (CORE-10).Timepoint: DERS-18, PHQ-9 and GAD-7 will be measured at the beginning of the intervention, after their respective course of intervention and at follow up after 1 month.

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactJoshin George Abraham

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

nithakollannoor@gmail.com9535942922

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026