Efficacy and Underlying Mechanisms of Group Natural Psychotherapy for Anxiety Symptoms In Chinese University Students
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital
- Enrollment
- 55
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Natural Psychotherapy(NPT) works to treat anxiety symptoms in university students. It will also learn about the efficacy of Natural Psychotherapy in comparison to CBT.
The main questions are: Does online group Natural Psychotherapy lower the participants' anxiety symptoms? Is there any difference between NPT and CBT? Researchers will compare online group Natural Psychotherapy to online group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT) to see if Natural Psychotherapy works better to lower anxiety symptoms.
Participants will:
Attend online groupNPT or group CBT once a week for 4 weeks; Complete online questionnaires before the intervention, after the first week, after four weeks and after eight weeks.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 30 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Voluntarily signed the informed consent form
- •Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) total score≥4
- •Aged 18-30 years, currently enrolled as an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Severe depression or high risk of suicide
- •History of substance abuse, drug dependence, or psychotic disorders
- •Severe neurological diseases, severe somatic illnesses, or other conditions unsuitable for physical labor or physical activities
- •History of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within the past 6 months, or currently undergoing other pharmacological or systematic psychological treatments.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7)
Time Frame: Baseline, After 1 Week, After 4 weeks, After 8 weeks
The GAD-7 is a 7-item, self-reported Likert scale used to assess the severity of participants' anxiety symptoms over the past two weeks. Each item is scored from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), yielding a total score ranging from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety severity. The primary endpoint will evaluate the mean change in GAD-7 scores from baseline (Pre-intervention) to post-intervention (Week 4) to determine the efficacy of the intervention.
Secondary Outcomes
- Beck Depression Inventory（BDI）(Baseline, After 1 week, After 4 weeks, After 8 weeks)
Investigators
Xiang Yang Zhang
Professor
Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital