Anxiety disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Blended eHealth is a combination treatment, in which regular face-to-face CBT contacts are partially replaced by internet based CBT (iCBT). This blended treatment is applied in secondary mental health
both consisting of a
combination of exposure in vivo with response prevention (ERP
exposure to feared situations combined with prevention of avoidance behaviour and challenging accompanying catastrophic expectations), followed by cognitive restructuring. The iCBT sessions include vi
exposure to feared
situations combined with prevention of avoidance behaviour and challenging accompanying catastrophic expectations, followed by cognitive restructuring). Depending on the type of dis
Sponsors
Altrecht Anxiety Center
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria are: 1. Being 18 years or older 2. Primary diagnosis of a severe anxiety disorder; i) panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, ii) social phobia, iii) generalized anxiety disorder according to the DSM-IV classification criteria, as assessed by a Structural Clinical for DSM-IV for axis-I disorders (SCID-I) after psychiatric intake by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. 3. Referred for ambulatory secondary mental health care services
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: 1. No access to internet or personal computer 2. Not able to speak or read the Dutch language 3. Illiteracy 4. Refusal to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome measure: presence and severity of anxiety symptoms measured with the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measures: (i) presence and severity of depressive symptoms measured with the Beck Depression Inventory, general psychopathology (Brief Symptom Inventory). Patient satisfaction, quality of life and degree of daily functioning will be measured with the Psychiatric Care Satisfaction Questionnaire (PCSQ) the European Quality of life 5-dimension (EQ-5D) and the Work and Social adjustment Scale(WSAS). Economic outcome measures include: direct and indirect healthcare costs as measured by the Trimbos/iMTA questionnaire for Costs associated with Psychiatric Illness (TIC-P) including productivity losses costs as measured by the iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire iPCQ. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJ. Koning
Outcome results
None listed