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smartphone-based online-training for panicattacks and agoraphobia

smartphone-based online-training for panicattacks and agoraphobia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00005223
Enrollment
90
Registered
2013-08-15
Start date
2013-08-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

F41.0 F40.01

Interventions

Group 1: six-week online training with supporting emails (guided self-help). Half of the total sample (N = 90, n = 45) gets access to “GET.ON Panik” and the smartphone app “GET.ON PAPP”. Both are comp

Sponsors

Leuphana Universität Lüneburg GET.ON Gesundheitstraining.Online / Innovations-Inkubator
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: clinical relevant complaints about panic attacks and agoraphobia (Panic and Agoraphobia Scale 9-28), internet access, availability of a smartphone, valid email address

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - suicidality at baseline, measured with item 9 of the BDI II (value > 1) and question A9 of the SCID, section A: affective disorder - psychotic and dissociative disorders - current psychotherapeutic treatment or on the waiting list for such a treatment - not willing to sign the consent form

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Severity of panic and agoraphobia symptoms, measured with Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS; Bandelow, 1997) before the training (baseline), after the training (8 weeks), at 3-months follow-up and at 6-months follow-up

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Panic and agoraphobia symptoms: - measures with Questionnaire on Body-related Anxiety, Cognitions and Avoidance (AKV), pre, post (8 weeks), 3- and 6-months follow-up, - measures with Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), pre, post (8 weeks), 3- and 6-months follow-up; Depressive symptoms: measures with Center for Epidemilogic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), pre, post (8 weeks), 3- and 6-months follow-up; Quality of life: - measures with Short version of Health Survey (SF-12), pre, post (8 weeks), 3- and 6-months follow-up, - measures with EuroQuol (EQ-5D), pre, post (8 weeks), 3- and 6-months follow-up; Acceptance of the Smartphone app: measured with questionnaire based technology acceptance model (TAM), 1., 2. and 5. week during training; Usability: measured with System Usability Scale (SUS), post (8 weeks); Costs associated with psychiatric Illness: measured with German adaptation of the Trimbos/iMTA questionnaire for costs associated with psychiatric illness (TiC-P), pre, 6-months follow-up; Side effects of the online training: measured with adaptation of the German Inventary for the Assessment of negative side effects of psychotherapy (INEP), post (8 weeks); Satisfaction with the online training: measured with German adaptation of the ZUF 8, which is the German version of the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ), post (8 weeks)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLara Ebenfeld

Leuphana Universität LüneburgGET.ON GesundheitsTraining.Online / Innovations-Inkubator

ebenfeld@inkubator.leuphana.de04131/677-7874

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 19, 2026