Internet-delivered Psychodynamic Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder (SOFIA)

Linköping University (LiU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Social Anxiety Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychodynamic Internet Treatment; Other: Waiting list

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02105259

GA-ANX2014-APT

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall aim of this study is to develop and test a psychodynamic Internet--delivered psychological treatment for patients with social anxiety disorder and compare its efficacy to a waiting list.

Full description

Participants with social anxiety disorder (MINI telephone interview) will be recruited via mass media and randomly allocated to psychodynamic Internet--delivered psychological treatment or to a waiting list control condition.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Social anxiety disorder as diagnosed by the MINI diagnostic interview

Exclusion criteria

• Severe depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Psychodynamic Internet Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Psychodynamic Internet Treatment for social anxiety disorder during 10 weeks and guided by a psychologist

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychodynamic Internet Treatment

Waiting list with support

Active Comparator group

Description:

Behavioral: supportive check-ups via the Internet during 10 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Waiting list