Attention Training for COVID-19 Related Distress

Palo Alto University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification; Behavioral: Neutral training; Behavioral: Attention Control Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06267313

2023-078-PAU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to test whether attention training (attention bias modification or attention control training) reduces distress or COVID-19 related anxiety compared to a neutral condition.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COVID-19 Anxiety Syndrome Scale > 7 and/or COVID-19 related loss

Exclusion criteria

• Does not speak English Fluently

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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6 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Attention Bias Modification

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Bias Modification

Attention Control Training

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Attention Control Training

Neutral Training

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Neutral training