Is internet cognitive therapy more effective than a waitlist at treating social anxiety disorder in adolescents?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Social anxiety disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Social phobias

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15079139
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary

2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31590681 protocol (added 10/10/2019) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35943064/ (added 10/08/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-02-06
• Study Completion: 2021-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adolescents aged between 14-18 years
2. Meet diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder (SAD)
3. Able to read and write in English

Exclusion Criteria

1. Currently receiving any other psychological intervention
2. Previously received Cognitive Therapy or CBT for SAD
3. Autism spectrum disorder
4. Learning disability
5. Current alcohol or substance dependence
6. Presence or suspected presence of psychosis
7. Suicidal intent or recurrent self-harming behaviour
8. Identified by social services as currently ‘at risk’ due to child protection concerns.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Severity of social anxiety will be measured using the self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents (Masia, Klein, & Liebowitz, 1999). The principal assessment points are baseline, midtreatment/wait, posttreatment/wait, and at 3 and 6 month follow-up.<br> 2. Recovery from social anxiety disorder will be measured using the proportion of adolescents who continue to meet DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for SAD at posttreatment/wait. Diagnosis will be made using The Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule IV for Children and Parents (Silverman & Albano, 1996). Assessments will be completed face-to-face or over the telephone by trained assessors blind to treatment condition. All participants will be interviewed with the child version and parents will be interviewed where possible. Participants who withdraw from the study will also be invited to complete the assessments..<br>