Short-term psychotherapy for patients with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia - a randomised comparative study between the panic-focused psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural psychotherapy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F41.0F40.01Panic disorder [episodic paroxysmal anxiety]
- Registration Number
- DRKS00000245
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie der Universitätsmedizin Mainz, K. ö. R.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 54
Inclusion Criteria
Agoraphobia with Panic Disorder (F40.01) or Panic Disorder(F 41.0)
Current symptoms (at least one panic attack within the last 4 weeks)
Informed consent
Sufficient command of the German language
Exclusion Criteria
Schizophrenia or affective psychosis.
Current severe depression.
Borderline personality disorder.
Severe neurological or internal diseases.
Substance addiction.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Principal outcome criterion is the reduction of panic-related symptoms at the follow-up 6-months after treatment. Panic-related symptoms are measured with standardized questionnaires and interviews, e. g. the AKV-MI/BSQ/ACQ questionnaires, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, HAMA, and the Panic Disorder Severity scale, PDSS. To test the hypothized equivalence of both interventional arms adequate statistical procedures will be used.<br>All questionnaires and interviews were conducted at all occasions of mneasurement.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of the panic-related symptoms at the follow up 24-months after treatment.<br>Security of Attachment (Adult Attachment Projective, Adult Attachment Scale), Levels of emotional Awareness (LEAS) and panic-specific reflective functioning (RF) are secondary targets of analyses. Furthermore additional questionnaires and interviews were conducted (e.g. STAI and SPAI for anxiety, BDI for depression, SCL-90 for general psychopathology, CDS for depersonalisation, IIP-D for interpersonal integration, GAF, BIKEP measuring satisfaction with therapy, and manual-adherence of all therapists). With the exception of the SCID and the BIKEPs all test and interviews were conducted at all occasions of measurement.