Internet Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Procrastination: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT ID: NCT01842945

Last Updated: 2017-03-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-08-31

Study Completion Date

2014-05-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to examine the effects of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for procrastination, and to investigate whether it can be delivered via the Internet. Two treatment groups will be used, one with therapist contact and one without, as well as a wait-list control group. It is assumed that the treatment group with therapist contact will be superior to the treatment group receiving no therapist contact since procrastination can be partially explained as a self-regulatory failure. Both treatment groups are presumed to be superior to the wait-list control.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Procrastination

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Wait-list control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Treatment with therapist contact

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) with therapist contact.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The iCBT consists of our structured self-help program lasting a total of eight active treatment weeks and includes a therapist contact.

Treatment without therapist contact

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) without therapist contact.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The iCBT consists of our structured self-help program lasting a total of eight active treatment weeks and does not include a therapist contact.

Interventions

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Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) without therapist contact.

The iCBT consists of our structured self-help program lasting a total of eight active treatment weeks and does not include a therapist contact.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) with therapist contact.

The iCBT consists of our structured self-help program lasting a total of eight active treatment weeks and includes a therapist contact.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Primary difficulties are caused by chronic and severe procrastination
* Swedish residency
* Fluent in Swedish
* Computer with internet access

Exclusion Criteria

* Ongoing psychotherapy
* Ongoing psychotropic medication (unless stabilized for three months)
* Severe depression (\> 30 points on MADRS-S)
* Suicidal ideation
* Misuse of drugs or alcohol
* Bipolar disorder
* Schizophrenia or psychosis
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Stockholm University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Per Carlbring

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Per Carlbring, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Stockholm University

Locations

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Department of Psychology

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

References

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Rozental A, Carlbring P. Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for procrastination: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2013 Nov 12;2(2):e46. doi: 10.2196/resprot.2801.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24220277 (View on PubMed)

Rozental A, Forsell E, Svensson A, Andersson G, Carlbring P. Overcoming procrastination: one-year follow-up and predictors of change in a randomized controlled trial of Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy. Cogn Behav Ther. 2017 Apr;46(3):177-195. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2016.1236287. Epub 2016 Sep 29.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27682415 (View on PubMed)

Rozental A, Forsell E, Svensson A, Andersson G, Carlbring P. Internet-based cognitive-behavior therapy for procrastination: A randomized controlled trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2015 Aug;83(4):808-24. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000023. Epub 2015 May 4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25939016 (View on PubMed)

Rozental A, Forsell E, Svensson A, Forsstrom D, Andersson G, Carlbring P. Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the pure procrastination scale, the irrational procrastination scale, and the susceptibility to temptation scale in a clinical population. BMC Psychol. 2014 Dec 11;2(1):54. doi: 10.1186/s40359-014-0054-z. eCollection 2014.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25566392 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2011-38394-87877-7

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCT01842945

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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