Evaluating the effectiveness of Agoraphobia Free: A novel mobile application for treating Agoraphobia
Completed
- Conditions
- Agoraphobia/Agoraphobic anxietyMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN98453199
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Roehampton
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 170
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 18 or above
2. Identify themselves as suffering from agoraphobia
3. Willing and able to provide informed consent to participate
Exclusion Criteria
1. Inability to give informed consent due to significant cognitive or intellectual impairment
2. No adequate understanding of English as a first language
3. Not having a mobile device than can run the application as designed
4. Any significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigators, may either put the person at risk because of participation in the trial.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of agoraphobic and panic symptoms are measured using the Panic and Agoraphobia Scale at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Degree of subjective distress experienced because of agoraphobia is measured by using a single item (How much distress have you experienced because of agoraphobia in the past week?”), which is rated from 1 (No distress”) to 5 (Extreme distress”) at baseline, 6 and 12 weeks<br>2. Completion of the intervention is measured as 1 (completion of the tasks) or 0 (non-completion of the tasks) at 6 and 12 weeks<br>3. Engagement with the apps is measured using app usage data (i.e. total number of times that users engaged with the app) at 6 and 12 weeks