A One Day Expedited Treatment for Adults with Anxiety Disorders

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: anxiety disorders; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000615684
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Technology Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-06-05
• Last Update Posted: 8 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

(1) Australian resident;
(2) 18-years-of-age or above;
(3) Able to read and write English;
(4) Meet criteria for an anxiety disorder as their primary mental health condition on the Diagnostic Interview for Anxiety, Mood, Obsessive-Compulsive and other Neuropsychiatric Disorders (DIAMOND);
(5) Medication free or on a stable dose of psychotropic medication for at least 8 weeks, and;
(6) Not currently receiving regular psychological services for their anxiety disorder (i.e., those seeing their clinician once a week or more will be excluded).

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Severe depressive symptoms as assessed by a score of 20 or above on the PHQ-9;
(2) Suicide risk as assessed by a score of ‘2’ (more than half the days) or higher on item 9 of the PHQ-9 on the screening questions or via clinician judgement during the diagnostic interview using the C-SSRS;
(3) Daily alcohol use or daily illicit drug use;
(4) The presence of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder as assessed by the DIAMOND;
(5) Significant cognitive/intellectual impairment as assessed during the diagnostic interview;
(6) A medical condition that may interfere with treatment as indicated on the demographic questionnaire.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) [ Pre-treatment<br>Post-treatment (primary end-point) (within one-week post-treatment)<br>1-month follow up<br>3-month follow up];Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale (measuring overall severity of anxiety symptoms)[ Pre-treatment<br>Post-treatment (primary end-point) (within one-week post-treatment)<br>1-month follow up<br>3-month follow up];Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) [ Post-treatment (within one-week post-treatment)]