Internet-delivered Transdiagnostic Intervention for Anxiety and Depression (iTAD)

West University of Timisoara

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Social Phobia; Panic Disorder; Specific Phobia; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Dysthymic Disorder; Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: Transdiagnostic program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02739607

WUTimisoara-iTAD

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives

1. To test the effectiveness and acceptability of an augmented internet-supported transdiagnostic intervention in Romania.
2. To assess the cost-effectiveness of the Internet version of the transdiagnostic program as compared to a standard treatment/usual care.

Full description

The effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention will be compared with a wait list control group using a randomized control trial (RCT) design in a culture where this has not been tested before. The treatment approach is mainly emotion-focus, teaching participants how to confront and experience uncomfortable emotions, and how more adaptive coping mechanisms could be used. Because internet-delivered interventions represent an effective way to disseminate evidence-based programs, investigators decided to present our intervention online.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• be fluent in Romanian
• be over 18 years
• have the principal diagnostic of generalized anxiety disorder and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder and/or panic disorder and/or social anxiety disorder and/or major depression disorder and/or dysthymia (or any combination of these diagnostics) on Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (SCID-I)
• have access to an Internet connected computer

Exclusion criteria

• suicidal ideation
• ongoing psychological treatment for generalized anxiety disorder and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder and/or panic disorder and/or social anxiety disorder and/or major depression disorder and/or dysthymia
• other primary disorder that need treatment
• obstacle to participation (i.e., long travel plans)
• recent change in psychiatric medication (i.e., during the last 6 weeks)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Transdiagnostic program

Experimental group

Description:

This arm represents the Transdiagnostic intervention program for emotional disorders. The intervention, based on the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) principles, is designed to encourage participants to confront and experience uncomfortable emotions, and use adaptive coping mechanisms.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Transdiagnostic program

Wait list control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm represents the wait-list comparison group.