Scientific Information and Beliefs About Psychological Therapy

University of California Irvine (UCI)

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: neuro-education; Behavioral: psycho-education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06825000

3274

Details and patient eligibility

About

The success of psychological therapy can be impacted by patients' beliefs, such as their belief in their own ability to complete therapy and their belief that therapy will work. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether and when scientific information about distress and coping can affect beliefs about psychological therapy in adults who experience anxiety. This study will compare two different types of scientific information in a one-hour study. Participants will view educational videos for 30 minutes and complete surveys, including quiz questions about the videos and surveys about their beliefs about psychological therapy.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Probable anxiety disorder based on the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) score
• Fluent in English
• Willingness and ability to comply with the protocol
• Age 18-80
• The ability to enroll in the study through Prolific.com

Exclusion criteria

• Having previously seen the study's videos

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Neuro-Ed Group

Experimental group

Description:

neuroscience education

Treatment:

Behavioral: neuro-education

Psycho-Ed Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

psychological science education

Treatment:

Behavioral: psycho-education