An interventional study of Thought field therapy and Cognitive therapy in Agoraphobia, sponsored by Sorlandet Hospital HF. Completed at 1 site in Norway. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-04-23.
Sponsored by Sorlandet Hospital HF · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose for this study is to find out if Thought field therapy has the same effect as, or better effect than, Cognitive therapy for Agoraphobia.
Thought field therapy is an alternative treatment method that has shown, by casuistic reports, to give good results when applied for anxiety disorders. In this study 72 patients will be randomized to three groups. 24 patients will receive cognitive therapy as a control method, 24 patients will receive thought field therapy. The remaining 24 patients will wait three months, and then be randomized to either of the two therapies.
Before inclusion all patients will be diagnosed with M.I.N.I. and SCID II. They will fill out self evaluation forms for symptoms and quality of life, before and after treatment, and one year after treatment.
All patients will undergo an interview with ADIS on panic and agoraphobic diagnosis and symptoms before starting treatment, and on panic and agoraphobic symptoms immediately after and one year after treatment. These interviews will be done by psychologists who are blinded for which type of treatment the patients have got.
63 studies on the registry are indexed under Agoraphobia; 11 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 72 is close to the median of 80 across 57 interventional studies indexed under Agoraphobia.
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Exclusion Criteria:
24 randomly selected patients will be treated with 5 sessions of standard Thought field therapy.
Behavioral: Thought field therapy
Treatment with Cognitive therapy, 12 sessions with manualized therapy according to David Clark's model.
Behavioral: Cognitive therapy
24 patients will be randomly selected to 3 months on a wait list, thereafter randomly selected to either Cognitive therapy or Thought field therapy.
Behavioral: Wait list
5 sessions with Thought field therapy
Also known as: TFT
12 sessions of Cognitive therapy
Also known as: CBT
3 months waiting, then randomized to either thought field therapy or cognitive therapy
Also known as: WL
Change in agoraphobic situation scores in ADIS.
Time frame: Immedeately and 12 months after treatment
Interference score in ADIS
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
Mobility Inventory
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
Body Sensations Questionnaire
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
BDI
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
BAI
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
WHOQOL-BREF
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
SF-36
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
Safety Seeking Behaviours Questionnaire.
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
Panic scale
Time frame: Immediately and 12 months after treatment
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