The Health Anxiety Program: a pilot trial of an online program for people who worry excessively about their health

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Illness Anxiety Disorder; Somatic Symptom Disorder; Hypochondriasis; Severe Health Anxiety; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000338561
• Lead Sponsor: St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-04-14
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

* Self-identified as suffering from excessive health anxiety.
* Meet criteria for either Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD) or Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) according to the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-5 (ADIS-5).
* Australian resident status
* At least 18 years of age
* Access to a computer, printer, and the internet
* If taking medication, must have been taking the same dose for at least 1 month and not intend to change that dose during the course of the program.
* Prepared to provide name, phone number, and address, and to provide the name and phone number of a local general practitioner.
* Willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

- Does not meet IAD or SSD diagnostic criteria
- Currently experiencing severe depression symptoms (score of 24 or above on the PHQ-9).
- Regularly using illicit drugs or regularly consuming more than three standard drinks per day
- Current regular use of benzodiazepines
- Current use of atypical anti-psychotics
- Currently experiencing a psychotic mental illness or bipolar disorder
- severe symptoms of suicidal ideation (defined as responding 3 to the PHQ-9 question 9 item that assesses the frequency of suicidal ideation over the past fortnight).
-Those scoring 1 or 2 on the Patient Health Questionnaire_9 Item (PHQ-9) item 9 will require risk assessment with the responsible clinician before being admitted into the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean score on the Short Health Anxiety Inventory[Baseline, before each lesson, one week post-treatment, and at 3-months post-treatment (week 24).]