Five Year Follow-up of Internet-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-06-30

Study Completion Date

2010-09-30

Brief Summary

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Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most prevalent anxiety disorders in the western world. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the psychological treatment that has the largest empirical support. However, the availability to CBT is very limited in Sweden due to lack of therapists with proper training. Therefore it is important to evaluate alternative forms of treatment that are more time efficient. One of these methods is Internet based self-help therapy, which has proven to be an effective treatment for social anxiety disorder.

In this study, the investigators aim to conduct a follow-up assessment five years after completed Internet-based CBT. Participants received treatment within the context of a randomised controlled trial conducted in 2005. Thus, in the present study there will be no treatment interventions, only assessment.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Social Anxiety Disorder

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Internet-based CBT

All participants in this cohort received Internet-based CBT for social anxiety disorder in 2005. All participants were Swedish adults with a DSM-IV diagnosis of social anxiety disorder.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must have a primary diagnosis of social phobia

Exclusion Criteria

* Substance abuse during the last 6 months
* Other dominating diagnosis (not phobic personality disorder)
* A history of bipolar disorder or psychosis
* Major depression according to DSM-IV and \>20 on madrs-s
* Risk of suicide
* Start of medication or change of dosis during the last 2 months
* Other parallel psychological treatment
* Previous CBT (last 3 years) for social phobia

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Stockholm County Council and Karolinska Institute

Locations

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Psykiatri Sydväst, Stockholm County Council

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

References

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Hedman E, Furmark T, Carlbring P, Ljotsson B, Ruck C, Lindefors N, Andersson G. A 5-Year follow-up of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder. J Med Internet Res. 2011 Jun 15;13(2):e39. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1776.

Reference Type DERIVED

PMID: 21676694 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SOFIE-5YFU

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id