Attention, Teleconferencing and Social Anxiety

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Social Anxiety Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Experimental: Attention Guidance + Exposure; Behavioral: Active Comparator: Exposure Alone; Behavioral: Experimental: Attention Control + Exposure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04729803

STUDY00000106

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study involves completing some online assessments and an intervention for social anxiety that all involve interactions with other people on a teleconferencing call.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-75
• Fluent in English because the data collection materials have not yet been standardized in other languages
• Having access to a computer with a webcam and ability to record audio
• Personal Report of Communication Apprehension > 80
• Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale > 30
• Meets DSM-5 Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder

Exclusion criteria

• Significant visual impairment precluding the use of the eye tracking equipment
• Current, or history of bipolar disorder; current, or history of psychosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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53 participants in 3 patient groups

Attention Guidance + Exposure

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials with an attention guidance component.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental: Attention Guidance + Exposure

Exposure Alone

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active Comparator: Exposure Alone

Attention Control + Exposure

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will complete teleconferencing-based exposure trials with an attention control component.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental: Attention Control + Exposure