An observational study in Social Anxiety Disorder, sponsored by Karolinska Institutet. Completed at 1 site in Sweden. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2010-10-26.
Sponsored by Karolinska Institutet · Observational
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most prevalent anxiety disorders in the western world. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the psychological treatment that has the largest empirical support. However, the availability to CBT is very limited in Sweden due to lack of therapists with proper training. Therefore it is important to evaluate alternative forms of treatment that are more time efficient. One of these methods is Internet based self-help therapy, which has proven to be an effective treatment for social anxiety disorder.
In this study, the investigators aim to conduct a follow-up assessment five years after completed Internet-based CBT. Participants received treatment within the context of a randomised controlled trial conducted in 2005. Thus, in the present study there will be no treatment interventions, only assessment.
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This study's planned enrollment of 80 is below the median of 150 across 606 observational studies indexed under Anxiety Disorders.
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The sample is constituted by all 80 participants who received Internet-based CBT in 2005 within the context of a RCT in Sweden.
Exclusion Criteria:
All participants in this cohort received Internet-based CBT for social anxiety disorder in 2005. All participants were Swedish adults with a DSM-IV diagnosis of social anxiety disorder.
Measure of social anxiety and avoidance - Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
Time frame: 5-year follow-up
Measures of social anxiety in interaction and performance situations - SIAS & SPS
Time frame: 5-year follow-up
Measure of depressive symptoms - MADRS-S
Time frame: 5-year follow-up
Measure of general anxiety - BAI
Time frame: 5-year follow-up
Measure of quality of life - QOLI
Time frame: 5-year follow-up
Measure of social anxiety disorder diagnosis - SPSQ
Time frame: 5-year follow-up
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