Effectiveness of Online Systematic Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Neurotic Disorders: Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT ID: NCT02257996

Last Updated: 2015-01-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-10-31

Brief Summary

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of online systematic brief psychodynamic psychotherapy (SBPP) via HIPAA compliant web conferencing on adults with neurotic disorders.

Design: Randomized controlled trial. Single blind.

Setting: Internet users in the community, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Participants: Thirty-two adults will be randomly allocated to a group will receive online systematic brief psychodynamic psychotherapy (n=16), or a waiting list group (n=16).

Method: Systematic adaptative diagnosis system will be applied in both groups at pre-treatment and post-treatment (or post-waiting list). Assessment will be a comparison of the adaptative diagnosis evolution between groups.

Primary Outcomes: The subjects treated with online brief systematic psychodynamic psychotherapy will present an increase in their adaptative efficacy measured by systematic adaptative diagnosis scale (SADS) in comparison to the waiting list group, when contrasting their initial and final adaptative diagnostics.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neurotic Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Interventional Group

Online Systematic Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Online Systematic Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Systematic Adaptative Diagnosis System will be applied in both groups at two different times: pre-treatment and post-treatment

Control Group

Waiting list

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Online Systematic Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Systematic Adaptative Diagnosis System will be applied in both groups at two different times: pre-treatment and post-treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Residents in Sao Paulo city,
* Graduation complete or in course,
* Fluent Portuguese,
* Basic skills on english language,
* If in psychiatric treatment, must be under treatment with stable dosage of psychiatric medication for at least 6 months,
* Participants with diagnosis of neurotic disorders (F03.650),
* Motivation for the therapeutic process,
* Availability for 4 months of psychotherapy,
* A personal computer (with an IP address), a web camera, a microphone, access to a 1 Mbps internet connection and specific computer configuration to access the Secure Psychotherapy Virtual Environment,
* Basic knowledge of elementary internet tools,
* A justified reason that impedes a in person psychotherapy, such as the ones below:

* Lack of financial resources,
* Frequent change of address due to work reasons,
* Mobility restrictions related to accidents, illnesses or physical deficiencies,
* Inability to arrive for psychotherapy appointments due to urban chaos.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants that present:

* a schizophrenia diagnostic or any other severe mental illness,
* drug and alcohol dependence that are in abstinence from substance abuse,
* untreated diagnosis of illnesses that may cause emotional imbalance, such as thyroid malfunction,
* Participants that are undergoing a therapeutic process during the time of the research,
* Individuals with both suicidal ideation and clear intent and need emergency treatment,
* Participants do not possess the characteristics needed to be included in the sample or are bearers of deficiencies that may compromise the treatment mediated by a computer.
Minimum Eligible Age

22 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Sao Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Claudia Catao Alves Siqueira

PhD researcher

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Claudia CA Siqueira, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Sao Paulo

Locations

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Clinical Psychology Department from Institute of Psychology at University of Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Central Contacts

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Claudia CA Siqueira, MSc

Role: CONTACT

+5511985885778

Marcelo N Russo

Role: CONTACT

+5511992029060

Facility Contacts

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Claudia CA Siqueira, MSc

Role: primary

+5511985885778

Marcelo N Russo

Role: backup

+5511992029060

Other Identifiers

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SBPP-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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