Social anxiety disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Eye-contact training
D046650
Sponsors
Shimizu Eiji
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Primary diagnosis of social anxiety disorder using the Mini- International Neuropsychiatric Interview, DSM-5. 2)The age between 18 to 65. 3)Patients with full consent of participation in the study. 4)Patients who have a total LSAS score of 50 points or more 5)No change of medical drugs during the study though the medication of social anxiety disorder is not considered. 6)Possible to understand eye contact training and has mental and physical condition that can be participate the session for at least 16 weeks. 7)If social anxiety disorder is primary diagnosed, patients with autism spectrum disorder will not be excluded from the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients who have organic brain disorder (including dementia), psychosis, bipolar disorder, substance abuse or dependence, other severe mental disorders. 2)Active suicidality 3)Repetitive anti-social behavior 4)Severe physical condition 5)IQ under 80 by evaluating the JART25 (Japanese Adult Reading Test25) 6)Patients who cannot contact with the study organizer 7)Patients who are hard to see or hear during the study. 8)Other relevant reason decided by the investigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean change from baseline in Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Score (Time Frame: baseline, 8 visits) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1)Mean change from baseline in Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale Score (Time Frame: baseline, 4 visits and 9 visits) (Structured interview by an assessor) Mean change from baseline to 4 visits, 8 visits and 9 visits (2) Social Phobia Inventory score (3) Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score (4) Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 score (5) EuroQol 5 Dimension score Mean change from baseline to each point of 1-8 visits and 9 visits (6) Visual Analogue Scale score (Evaluate from 0 to 100 points, Before and after the training of each visit) A. Anxiety in eye-contact B. Fun of eye-contact Mean change from 1 visit to each point of 2-8 visits Self-Reported Questionnaire(5 likert scale) (7)Evaluation scale A. Delight of training feedback B. Usability of glasses-type device C. Degree of recommending eye-contact training (8) Free description Free description including "fun scene" and "scenes I'm not good at" (9)Name of psychotropic drug and daily dose 1)Number of eye-contact detections, eye-contact detection time, number of feedbacks 2)Heart rate(using wearable measuring instrument) and heart rate variability index (low--frequency, high-frequency, ratio of LF and HF)(Data is acquired only when patient consent to measure) 3)Left pupil diameter and right pupil diameter 4)Number of blinks Presence or absence of adverse events | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJunko Matsumoto
Chiba University
Outcome results
None listed