Can Thought Field Therapy (TFT) be Helpful for Patients With an Anxiety Disorder, a Prospective, Randomized Pilot Study With Wait List as Control Group.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 52
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Global symptom index (gsi) on the Symptom checklist 90 revised (SCL-90-R)
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to find out if Thought Field Therapy has effect on certain anxiety disorders; agoraphobia, social phobia, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
详细描述
Thought Field Therapy is an alternative treatment method that has been shown, by casuistic reports, to give good results when applied for anxiety disorders. In this study 52 patients, with one or more of the diagnoses agoraphobia, social phobia and/or PTSD, where randomized to either treatment with TFT or a wait list. The treatment group all got treatment in one week. 2 1/2 months later both the treatment group and the control group were tested on the same items as before the treatment started. After this evaluation phase the control group got the same treatment as the treatment or study group. Both groups were evaluated 3 and 12 months after treatment, the study group also 6 months after treatment. 4 patients were omitted because they changed groups. The study were performed from May 2002 until June 2003.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •One or more of the study diagnoses agoraphobia, social phobia and/or PTSD
排除标准
- •Ongoing psychosis
- •Ongoing serious drug problems
结局指标
主要结局
Global symptom index (gsi) on the Symptom checklist 90 revised (SCL-90-R)
时间窗: Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment.
次要结局
- Fear Questionnaire (FQ)(Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment.)
- Davidson Trauma Scale(Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment.)
- Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale(Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment.)
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)(Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment.)
- Sheehan Disability Scale(Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment.)