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Comparison the effectiveness of face-to-face and online psychotherapy on mild anxiety and depression

Comparison of the efficacy of face-to-face and online Transdiagnostic CBT (Unified protocol) On the severity of anxiety, depression, ambiguity intolerance, experiential avoidance and rumination in people with Sub-clinical symptoms of emotional disorders

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20230117057142N2
Enrollment
40
Registered
2024-09-23
Start date
2024-08-29
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-01-08

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Conditions

Condition 1: Social phobias. Condition 2: Panic disorder [episodic paroxysmal anxiety] without agoraphobia. Condition 3: Generalized anxiety disorder. Condition 4: Phobic anxiety disorders. Condition 5: Major depressive disorder, single episode. Condition 6: Major depressive disorder, recurrent. Social phobias Panic disorder [episodic paroxysmal anxiety] without agoraphobia Generalized anxiety disorder Phobic anxiety disorders Major depressive disorder, single episode Major depressive diso

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention group, the first intervention group, the extradiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy group (integrated protocol) face-to-face: the intervention will be implemented in

Sponsors

Zanjan University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Having symptoms of emotional problems at the subclinical level of the DASS-21 questionnaire age range between 18-50 years not suffering from severe psychiatric disorders (psychotic spectrum, bipolar disorder) not consuming drugs and alcohol in the last three months Not receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy for at least eight sessions in the last five years receiving drug therapy within a month before the start of the intervention the interest of the participants to participate in the research based on the provisions of the written consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having drug or alcohol addiction suffering from severe psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia and bipolar disorder)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Sub-clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression: This means that the necessary criteria for depression or anxiety disorders have not been met and only symptoms of anxiety and depression are in the mild to moderate range. Timepoint: The measurement will be done in three periods: before the intervention and after the end of the intervention and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: For the variable of anxiety and depression, DASS_21 questionnaire will be used, and the subject's score in the range of 8-14 for anxiety and 10-20 for depression indicates the presence of subclinical symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Experiential avoidance is actually an attempt to avoid painful experiences and includes two elements of reluctance to make contact with personal experiences (bodily sensations, emotions, thoughts, memories and behavioral contexts) and trying to avoid painful experiences or avoiding events that trigger these experiences. Timepoint: The measurement will be done in three periods: before the intervention and after the end of the intervention and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The score that a person gets in the multidimensional questionnaire of experiential avoidance.;Rumination reflects a negative and repetitive style of thinking about present and past symptoms of loss and failure. Timepoint: The measurement will be done in three periods: before the intervention and after the end of the intervention and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The score a person gets in the Nolen-Hoeksema rumination questionnaire has 22 items.;Toleration of uncertainty as "a set of negative and positive psychological responses—cognitive, affective, and behavioral—evoked by the conscious awareness of uncertainty about certain aspects of the world. Timepoint: The measurement will be done in three periods: before the intervention and after the end of the intervention and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The score that a person gets in McLean's Ambiguity Intolerance Questionnaire.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactZeinab Hasanpour pirbasti

Zanjan University of Medical Sciences

zeinabhassanpour78@gmail.com+98 24 3354 4001

Outcome results

None listed

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