Treatment of Late-life Anxiety in Primary Care Settings

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified; Panic Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Enhanced usual care; Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy

• Registration Number: NCT00938093
• Lead Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Brief Summary

The research study proposed is designed to examine the outcomes of a cognitive behavioral guided self-care intervention with older adults diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and recruited from a primary care setting. It is hypothesized that the cognitive behavioral guided self-care intervention will produce greater declines in worry and anxiety than enhanced usual care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-03
• Primary Completion: 2009-02
• Study Completion: 2009-02
• Study First Submitted: 2009-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2009-07-13
• Status Verified: 2018-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 2018-08-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• age ≥ 60 years
• a DSM-IV diagnosis of GAD
• able to read English.

Exclusion Criteria

• current psychotherapy
• a DSM-IV diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse
• a diagnosis of dementia or global cognitive impairment operationalized as a score of < 24 of the Mini-Mental Status Examination
• psychotic symptoms
• active suicidal ideation

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Enhanced usual care	Enhanced usual care	enhanced usual care
Cognitive-behavioral therapy	Cognitive behavioral therapy	cognitive-behavioral therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PSWQ-A	4 months
HAM-A	4 months