NCT05519722

The Effects of an Expectation-focused Nonguided Therapy Preparation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Philipps University Marburg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Various studies have shown that a more positive outcome expectation can have an influence on the actual treatment outcome of outpatient psychotherapeutic treatments. Therefore, the aim of this online study is to investigate whether \[1\] the patients' outcome expectation of outpatient psychotherapy can be optimized by a brief nonguided online intervention and whether \[2\] this intervention can influence important factors of psychotherapy, such as active cooperation, the therapeutic relationship, motivation, and regular attendance to therapy. To examine these questions, patients who are waiting for outpatient therapy will be randomized into two groups (control vs. intervention group) after baseline assessment. The intervention group will participate in a brief therapy preparation (30 minutes) that focuses on optimizing outcome expectations. Both groups will fill out questionnaires again on the following day, during the diagnostic phase at the beginning of therapy and six months later (or at the end of therapy in case therapy ends before the 6-month-follow-up). Furthermore, therapists will also fill out questionnaires during the diagnostic phase at the beginning of therapy and six months later (or at the end of therapy in case therapy ends before the 6-month-follow-up).

Conditions

• Expectations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Expectation-focused online intervention	Patients receive an expectation-focused online intervention (around 30 minutes) consisting of a video with general information about psychotherapy, a video with reports of patients' therapy experiences, questions on the content of the videos as well as open questions on personal strengths, fears and expectations in the context of therapy. This intervention aims to optimize patients' expectations by focusing on positive and realistic expectations regarding the psychotherapeutic process.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-15
• Primary completion: 2024-03-18
• Completion: 2024-03-31
• First posted: 2022-08-29
• Last updated: 2024-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany