Guided and Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Protocol for Resistant Panic

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Status: Completed

Conditions: Panic Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: The group intervention used the sessions described in a self-guided format using an application; Behavioral: The group intervention used the sessions described in traditional form

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07247955

UFRJ-2025-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Self-guided therapy for anxiety disorders has focused on various cognitive-behavioral treatments mediated by technologies such as web applications. This study aims to compare two groups of patients with panic disorder undergoing two clinical psychological treatment models: one traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and the other self-guided CBT using a digital application.

An application was developed in which both treatment models follow the same eight-session CBT manual. Patients are evaluated using psychological assessments at the first and eighth sessions.

The study includes 46 patients divided into two groups of 23 participants each. Both groups undergo individual assessments at the beginning and end of the treatment protocol.

Full description

As such, an application was developed whereby the two models follow the same treatment manual of eight sessions, with the patients being evaluated using psychological tests at the first and eighth sessions.

Methods: A total of 46 patients were separated into two groups of 23 patients, one in each format, with the patients in both groups being individually evaluated at their first and eighth sessions.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing IPUB screening through the panic and respiratory laboratory outpatient clinic.
• Diagnosis of panic disorder confirmed.
• Age between 18 and 60 years.
• Under psychiatric follow-up by a university psychiatrist and taking medication.
• Provide written informed consent to participate and have data stored.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients without a diagnosis of panic disorder.
• Age under 18 or over 60 years.
• Not undergoing psychiatric follow-up.
• Presence of other psychiatric or medical diagnoses.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Group of 23 patients undergoing traditional cognitive behavioral therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Twenty-three patients were selected for group. The group consisted of patients with panic disorder and breathing difficulties in a traditional cognitive behavioral therapy format, 8-session treatment protocol.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The group intervention used the sessions described in traditional form

Group of 23 patients undergoing self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy using an app

Experimental group

Description:

Twenty-three patients were selected for group. The group consisted of patients with panic disorder and breathing difficulties in a self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy format, using the 8-session treatment protocol.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The group intervention used the sessions described in a self-guided format using an application