Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Avoidance, Coping Attitudes
Brief summary
This study will be conducted to determine the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation on cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes in patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. H0: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation has no effect on the cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. H1: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation reduces the cognitive avoidance levels of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. H2: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation affects the coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.
Interventions
OTHERPsychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
OTHERThe initiative was not implemented.
The initiative was not implemented.
Sponsors
Arzu Çalışkan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Having been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder according to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and receiving outpatient treatment * Being literate * Having no problems understanding or speaking Turkish * Being in the 18-65 age group * Having not received such training in the last 6 months
Exclusion criteria
* Those diagnosed with another comorbid mental illness Patients with a mental condition that makes cooperation impossible, such as intellectual disability or memory impairment * The illiterate * Patients who do not consent to be interviewed
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Measuring the effect of cognitive avoidance levels of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder | 1 month | Patients answered cognitive avoidance scale. Cognitive Avoidance Scale (Cope) measures cognitive avoidance strategies. COA is a self-assessment type scale. The five (1-5) point Likert-type scale (1-strongly disagree, 5-strongly agree) measures 25 items of COA. The score that can be obtained from the scale is between 12 and 125. In order to calculate the total score, it is necessary to sum the answers given to all items. A high score indicates that a cognitive avoidance strategy is used in the face of problems. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder | 1 month | The scale is a 4-point Likert-type scale. When scoring the items, 1 point is given for I Never Do This, 2 points for I Rarely Do This, 3 points for I Do This and 4 points for I Often Do This. There are no negative items in the scale. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 160, the lowest score is 40. A high score obtained from the scale means a high level of coping attitude, and a low score means a low level of coping attitude. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed