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Internet videoconferencing delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disoder: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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Contemporary Clinical Trials . Sep2023, Vol. 132, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by a fear of scrutiny in social or performance situations. Due to a number of barriers, many individuals do not seek treatment for SAD, resulting in a chronic and debilitating course. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), and more recently Imagery Rescripting (ImR), have been found to be efficacious in the treatment of SAD when delivered face-to-face. However, the efficacy of these treatment approaches when delivered remotely, have not yet been examined in controlled trials. The authors propose a two-group randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of videoconferencing delivered CBT (vCBT) for SAD against a waitlist control group. The study will recruit 78 adults in total with a primary diagnosis of SAD of at least moderate severity. The manualised high-intensity vCBT intervention will be delivered weekly over an 8-week period. After treatment completion, the waitlist participants will receive a high-intensity videoconferencing delivered ImR (vImR) intervention also delivered weekly over an 8-week period. Treatment for both groups will be delivered in real time via an online videoconferencing platform. Outcome measures will be administered at baseline, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up. This trial will report findings on the efficacy of a remote synchronous high-intensity vCBT and vImR intervention for SAD and benchmark the two different treatment methodologies against standard face-to-face CBT. The results have the potential to inform best-practice remote psychological treatment for SAD. The trial was registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry; ACTRN12623000313639 (5 April 2023). • Future research investigating high intensity remote CBT for SAD is urgently needed. • A randomized controlled trial will be conducted for videoconferencing CBT (vCBT). • An uncontrolled trial will be conducted for videoconferencing Imagery Rescripting (vImR). • vCBT and vImR outcomes will be benchmarked against face-to-face CBT for SAD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15517144
- Volume :
- 132
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Contemporary Clinical Trials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 170902862
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107298