Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety-related Asthma in Adults.

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT for anxiety-related asthma

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03158194

MANTRA 01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a study to develop a protocol on Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for asthma-related anxiety that in a consecutive study can be translated to internet-delivered CBT.

Full description

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases around the world, with a high prevalence of anxiety disorders. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been shown to increase psychological well-being for anxiety-related asthma. Our primary aim is to develop a standardized CBT protocol for asthma-related anxiety that can be transferred to internet-delivered CBT. Ten participants will be included in a single-subject multiple baseline design. They will all receive 10-12 sessions of CBT.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• asthma diagnosed by a physician
• anxiety or stress related to asthma

Exclusion criteria

• severe psychiatric disorder (e.g. psychotic disorder, addiction disorder, suicidal ideation).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

CBT for anxiety-related asthma

Experimental group

Description:

Ten to twelve weekly sessions of CBT targeting enhanced function and decreased symptoms of anxiety.

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT for anxiety-related asthma