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Integrating Motivational Interviewing With Cognitive-behavioral Therapy

Integrating Motivational Interviewing With Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders, Depression, and Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors: a Feasibility Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04254120
Enrollment
49
Registered
2020-02-05
Start date
2014-02-01
Completion date
2015-06-30
Last updated
2021-09-05

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Conditions

Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms, Depression, Life Style

Brief summary

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is efficacious for anxiety disorders and depression, but not all patients achieve remission, and dropout is considerable. Motivational interviewing (MI) may strengthen motivation to change, and influence non-response and dropout. Research shows that MI as a pretreatment to CBT produces moderate effects compared to CBT alone. Studies integrating MI with CBT (MI-CBT) throughout treatment are scarce. The present study explored the feasibility of MI-CBT in routine psychiatric care, and compared CBT alone to MI-CBT for anxiety disorders, depression, and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. The Anxiety, Depression, Diet, Alcohol, Physical activity, and Tobacco (ADDAPT) feasibility study had a randomized controlled design, and data were analyzed using hierarchical regression.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALCognitive-behavioral therapy

Psychological treatment focusing on changing cognitions and behaviors using information processing theory and learning theory approaches.

BEHAVIORALIntegrated motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral therapy

Motivational interviewing is a psychological treatment approach focusing on increasing motivation by eliciting patient talk favoring behavior change and resolving patient ambivalence about change.

Sponsors

Karolinska Institutet
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 18 years of age or older * A principal diagnosis according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, or major depressive disorder * At least one of the following unhealthy lifestyle behaviors: unhealthy eating habits, hazardous use of alcohol, insufficient physical activity, or tobacco use, according to screening criteria suggested by the National Board of Health and Welfare

Exclusion criteria

* Psychotic symptoms * DSM-IV-TR criteria for substance abuse other than alcohol * DSM-IV-TR criteria for substance dependence including alcohol * Moderate to severe suicide risk according to the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview or a score of 2 or above on item 9 on the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 * Another simultaneous psychological treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Index measure of aggregated psychiatric symptoms12 weeksSymptoms of principal anxiety disorder or principal depression, expressed as z scores; higher scores indicate more severe symptoms
Index measure of aggregated unhealthy lifestyle behaviors12 weeksUnhealthy lifestyle behaviors related to diet, physical activity, alcohol, or tobacco, expressed as z scores; higher scores indicate more problematic behaviors

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026