Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00828152
Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Health Anxiety
Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Health Anxiety - a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Hypochondriasis (health anxiety) is common, has many negative consequences for the afflicted individual and is associated with high societal costs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has proven to be effective when administered in live-sessions. The aim of this study is to investigate whether CBT remains effective when administered via a self-help programme on the Internet.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Internet-delivered CBT. | 12 weeks. Therapist contact through e-mail. |
| BEHAVIORAL | On line discussion group | Placebo. On line discussion group. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-06-01
- Completion
- 2010-07-01
- First posted
- 2009-01-23
- Last updated
- 2015-05-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Sweden
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00828152. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.