The Effect of Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed With Generalized Anxiety Disorder on Cognitive Avoidance Levels and Coping Attitudes

NCT ID: NCT06972563

Last Updated: 2025-05-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-06-25
• Study Completion Date: 2025-06-25

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted to determine the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation on cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes in patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

H0: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation has no effect on the cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

H1: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation reduces the cognitive avoidance levels of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

H2: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation affects the coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Experiment

Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Intervention Type: OTHER

Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Control

The initiative was not implemented.

Group Type: OTHER

The initiative was not implemented.

Intervention Type: OTHER

The initiative was not implemented.

Interventions

Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Intervention Type: OTHER

The initiative was not implemented.

The initiative was not implemented.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Having been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder according to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and receiving outpatient treatment
• Being literate
• Having no problems understanding or speaking Turkish
• Being in the 18-65 age group
• Having not received such training in the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Those diagnosed with another comorbid mental illness Patients with a mental condition that makes cooperation impossible, such as intellectual disability or memory impairment
• The illiterate
• Patients who do not consent to be interviewed

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Arzu Çalışkan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Arzu Çalışkan

Nurse

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hatay Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Hatay, Antakya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

Gaziantep Üniversitesi

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id