NCT07247955

Guided and Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Protocol for Resistant Panic

Effectiveness of the Guided and Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Protocol in a Patient With Treatment-resistant Panic Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Self-guided therapy for anxiety disorders has focused on various cognitive-behavioral treatments mediated by technologies such as web applications. This study aims to compare two groups of patients with panic disorder undergoing two clinical psychological treatment models: one traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and the other self-guided CBT using a digital application. An application was developed in which both treatment models follow the same eight-session CBT manual. Patients are evaluated using psychological assessments at the first and eighth sessions. The study includes 46 patients divided into two groups of 23 participants each. Both groups undergo individual assessments at the beginning and end of the treatment protocol.

Detailed description

As such, an application was developed whereby the two models follow the same treatment manual of eight sessions, with the patients being evaluated using psychological tests at the first and eighth sessions. Methods: A total of 46 patients were separated into two groups of 23 patients, one in each format, with the patients in both groups being individually evaluated at their first and eighth sessions.

Conditions

• Panic Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The group intervention used the sessions described in traditional form	Model of the sessions: * Session 1 - General information for the Client * Session 2 - Breaking the panic cycle * Session 3 - Increasing the range of cognitive management skills * Session 4 - Improving corporal management skills * Session 5 - Strengthening self-efficacy * Session 6 - Stimulating life reorientation * Session 7 - Promoting existential management * Session 8 - Revising and evaluating the treatment
BEHAVIORAL	The group intervention used the sessions described in a self-guided format using an application	Model of the sessions: * Session 1 - General information for the Client * Session 2 - Breaking the panic cycle * Session 3 - Increasing the range of cognitive management skills * Session 4 - Improving corporal management skills * Session 5 - Strengthening self-efficacy * Session 6 - Stimulating life reorientation * Session 7 - Promoting existential management * Session 8 - Revising and evaluating the treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-05
• Primary completion: 2024-10-15
• Completion: 2025-05-02
• First posted: 2025-11-25
• Last updated: 2025-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil