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Clinical Trials/ChiCTR-IPR-17011541
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Cognitive behavioral therapy for worry in people with persecutory delusion: a randomized controlled trial in Chinese population.

Not provided1 site in 1 country30 target enrollmentStarted: June 12, 2017Last updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Unknown
Status
Not yet recruiting
Enrollment
30
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)

Study Overview

Brief Summary

To determin the feasibility and applicability of a brief cognitive-behavioral intervention for worry for patients with persecutory delusions in Chinese population.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Primary Purpose
随机平行对照

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
16 to 65 (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • a current persecutory delusion as defined by Freeman and Garety (2000);
  • scoring at least three on the conviction scale of the PSYRATS (Haddock, McCarron, Tarrier & Faragher, 1999);
  • that the delusion has persisted for at least three months;
  • a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or delusional disorder (that is, diagnosis of non-affective psychosis (F2) in the International Classification of Diseases and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V);
  • a clinically significant level of worry, as indicated by scores above 44 on the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (Molina & Borkovec, 1994; Zhong, Wang, Li & Liu, 2009);
  • aged between 16 and 65 years;
  • where major changes in medication are being made, entry to the study would not occur until at least a month after stabilization of dosage. It should be noted that we will be seeing patients when the main treatment for delusions, neuroleptic medication, has generally been tried at length and their delusions are relatively stable (persistent).

Exclusion Criteria

  • a primary diagnosis of alcohol dependency, substance dependency, or personality disorder;
  • organic syndrome or learning disability;
  • a command of spoken Chinese inadequate for engaging in therapy;
  • currently having individual cognitive behavioral therapy (though previous CBT experience is not an exclusion).

Arms & Interventions

1

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

2

Wait-list control

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)

Psychotic Symptoms Rating Scale - Delusions

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor
Not provided

Study Sites (1)

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