ISRCTN23197625
Completed
N/A
The effects of reducing worry in patients with persecutory delusions: An explanatory randomised controlled trial
The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (MRC/NIHR) (UK)0 sites150 target enrollmentApril 20, 2011
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Persecutory delusions in the context of schizophrenia or related diagnosis
- Sponsor
- The Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (MRC/NIHR) (UK)
- Enrollment
- 150
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. A current persecutory delusion as defined by Freeman and Garety (2000\); scoring at least 3 on the conviction scale of the PSYRATS (Haddock et al, 1999\)
- •2\. That the delusion has persisted for at least one month
- •3\. A clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or delusional disorder (i.e. diagnosis of non\-affective psychosis (F2\) in the International Classification of Diseases and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV)
- •4\. A clinically significant level of worry, as indicated by scores above 44 on the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (see Startup and Erickson, 2006\)
- •5\. Aged between 18 and 65
- •6\. Where major changes in medication are being made, entry to the study would not occur until at least a month after stabilisation of dosage
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. A primary diagnosis of alcohol or substance dependency
- •2\. Organic syndrome or learning disability
- •3\. A command of spoken English inadequate for engaging in therapy
- •4\. Currently having individual cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) (though previous CBT experience is not an exclusion)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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