Low Intensity Internet Therapy for Chronic Illness (@LIIT.CI)

NCT ID: NCT04408651

Last Updated: 2022-05-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

54 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-05-01

Study Completion Date

2021-08-31

Brief Summary

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Chronic illness (CI) presents a significant and negative effect on quality of life and mental health. Further, emotion regulation has been considered of particular importance on the determination of chronic patients' well-being. Evidence suggests that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an effective approach to improve psychological health in patients with CI. Further, there is some, although limited, evidence, that self-compassion training may be also useful in this context, and the inclusion of self-compassion elements in ACT interventions has even been the focus of attention by recent studies. Nevertheless, no study yet has compared the efficacy of these two types of intervention in CI. This is the aim of the present project - to analyse, in a low intensity eHealth intervention context, whether ACT or Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) present superiority over the other in improving mental health and illness-related outcomes in CI.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic Medical Conditions

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

LIIT.CI ACT

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

4-week online self-management intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and adapted to people with chronic medical conditions

Compassion-Focused Therapy

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

LIIT.CI CFT

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

4-week online self-management intervention based on Compassion-Focused Therapy and adapted to people with chronic medical conditions

Interventions

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LIIT.CI ACT

4-week online self-management intervention based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and adapted to people with chronic medical conditions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

LIIT.CI CFT

4-week online self-management intervention based on Compassion-Focused Therapy and adapted to people with chronic medical conditions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 18 and 65
* Previous diagnosis of a physical chronic medical condition
* Easy access to internet and to a computer

Exclusion Criteria

* Receiving psychological intervention
* Diagnosis of a severe psychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) or cognitive impairment.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Coimbra

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Inês A Trindade

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Inês Trindade

Coimbra, , Portugal

Site Status

Countries

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Portugal

Other Identifiers

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LIIT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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