NCT03917550

RECOVERY: A Transdiagnostic Intervention for Anxiety and Depression

RECOVERY: An Internet-delivered Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Romania

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 260 (estimated)
• Sponsor: West University of Timisoara · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To investigate the efficacy and acceptability of a guided internet delivered transdiagnostic intervention, targeting mild to moderate clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression and emphasizing the changes taking place at the level of the structures of the self.

Detailed description

The effectiveness of a Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment will be compared with an improved version of it, in which new intervention techniques were added, pointing out the importance of improving some self-concept dimensions in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. In order to prove this, the study design will include two active intervention groups; a standard transdiagnostic intervention protocol will be delivered to one group and an improved version of the same transdiagnostic protocol will be delivered to the other group. The new added techniques targets some self-concepts, namely self-compassion, unconditional self-acceptance and self-esteem. The main goal of the study is to concurrently test effectiveness of these two transdiagnostic approaches in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression and improving the above-mentioned self-concepts. This non-inferiority trial has the power to detect an effect size larger than Cohen's d = .40 (including 20% attrition at post-test and 6 month follow-up)

Conditions

• Depression
• Dysthymic Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Social Phobia
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Specific Phobia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Recovery (Transdiagnostic & self)	This transdiagnostic program is based on the general Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) principles and targets core higher order factors such as negative affectivity and emotion dysregulation, using common intervention techniques applicable across disorders. The program was designed to directly address the aversive emotional experiences often reported by clients, hoping to reverse participants' maladaptive thinking style and dysfunctional behaviors. In addition, specific intervention designed to improve self-compassion, unconditional self-acceptance, self-esteem and self concept clarity were added.
BEHAVIORAL	Transdiagnostic	This transdiagnostic program is based on the general Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) principles and targets core higher order factors such as negative affectivity and emotion dysregulation, using common intervention techniques applicable across disorders. The program was designed to directly address the aversive emotional experiences often reported by clients, hoping to reverse participants' maladaptive thinking style and dysfunctional behaviors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-18
• Primary completion: 2019-08-30
• Completion: 2020-03-27
• First posted: 2019-04-17
• Last updated: 2019-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Romania