Social Phobia
Conditions
Keywords
social phobia, anxiety
Brief summary
A study investigating six different versions of a computerized attention bias modification internet program in the treatment of social phobia / social anxiety disorder.
Detailed description
Previous studies have shown that individuals with social phobia have attention biases, often focusing on aversive stimuli or avoiding aversive stimuli. Computerized training programs have been developed to implicitly direct the users attention towards a neutral, non-threatening stimuli. In this study, such a program will be compared with a program that implicitly directs the users' attention towards threatening cues. Pre/post-measurements will be compared in a sample of individuals that meet diagnostic criteria of Social Anxiety Disorder. Participants will be randomized to one of three groups, receiving one of the two variants of the attention bias modification program or a control training program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAttention bias modification
All arms will consist of 10 minutes of training in front of a computer screen (192 trials) once a day for 14 days.
Sponsors
Umeå University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Participants must meet criteria for social phobia using the International classification system Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV). * Comorbidity is allowed, but social phobia must be the primary diagnosis.
Exclusion criteria
* Below 18 years old. * Individuals who are suicide prone will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale self rated version | pretreatment (week 0), post treatment (week 2), 4 month follow-up | Change from baseline in social anxiety symptoms expected between time frames. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in Social Phobia Screening Questionnaire | Pretreatment (week 0), post treatment (week 2), 4 month follow-up | Social Phobia Screening Questionnaire (SPSQ), diagnostic tool for social phobia. Change from baseline in social anxiety symptoms expected between time frames. |
| Change from baseline in Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) | Pretreatment (week 0), post treatment (week 2), 4 month follow-up | Change from baseline in social anxiety symptoms expected between time frames. |
| Change from baseline in Social Phobia Scale (SPS) | Pretreatment (week 0), post treatment (week 2), 4 month follow-up | Change from baseline in social anxiety symptoms expected between time frames. |
| Change from baseline in Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS-S) | Pretreatment (week 0), post treatment (week 2), 4 month follow-up | Measure depression. Change from baseline in depressive symptoms expected between time frames. |
| Change from baseline in Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) | Pretreatment (week 0), post treatment (week 2), 4 month follow-up | Measure quality of life. Change from baseline in quality of life expected between time frames. |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed