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Brief title
Health condition
There are two conditions; patients will be randomly allocated to either CBT or IPT.
Sponsors and support
EPP (Experimental Psychopathology)
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
1. panic free status (defined with panic diaries);
2. performance on a behavioural test (3 situations).
Panic diaries are completed at 0 months (pre-treatment), during treatment, 3 months (post treatment), 4 months (follow up 1) and 9 months (follow up 2).
Performance on the behavioural test is assessed at 0 months (pre-treatment), 4 months (follow up 1) and 9 months (follow up 2).
Secondary outcome
1. a composite measure of panic and agoraphobic measures (FQ v+a, main fobia, ASI, FOF, …);
2. a composite measure of cognitive measures (e.g. BSIQ-14, ACQ);
3. an interpersonal measure (IIP);
4. a composite measure of general psychopathology (SCL-90, STAI).
The outcomes are assessed at 0 months (pre-treatment), 3 months (post treatment), 4 months (follow up 1) and 9 months (follow up 2).
Background summary
In panic disorder with agoraphobia, CBT is an effective empirical based treatment approach in which exposure in vivo and cognitive therapy are important elements. In panic disorder without agoraphobia the component of exposure may not be as relevant as the cognitive component (van den Hout, Arntz, & Hoestra, 1994). In addition, a nonprescriptive treatment, stressing that panic disorder begins as a reaction to life stress, may have comparable treatment outcomes as CBT in panic disorder (Shear, Pilkonis, Cloitre, & Leon, 1994). IPT is a therapeutic approach emphasizing the role of interpersonal problems in psychiatric conditions. IPT appears to be an efficacious treatment in depressive disorder, and eating disorders. Futhermore, primary panic attacks seem to arise during times of increased interpersonal stress (Craske, Miller, Rotunda, & Barlow, 1990). Therefore, it is very interesting to investigate the effectivty of CBT versus IPT in panic disorder without arogoraphobia.
Study objective
To asses the effectivity of CBT vs. IPT in panic disorder without agoraphobia.
Intervention
Patients will receive 12 therapeutic sessions of either CBT or IPT. Once a week a sessions takes place ande one session takes one hour.
P.O.Box 616
Linsey Diels
Maastricht 6200 MD
The Netherlands
+31 (0)43 3881264
L.Diels@dmkep.unimaas.nl
P.O.Box 616
Linsey Diels
Maastricht 6200 MD
The Netherlands
+31 (0)43 3881264
L.Diels@dmkep.unimaas.nl
Inclusion criteria
1. main diagnosis panic disorder without agoraphobia;
2. aged between 18 and 60.
Exclusion criteria
1. co morbid psychosis or bipolar disorder;
2. the use of psychoactive drugs;
3. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) < 80;
4. insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language;
5. previous formal IPT or CBT received (for the same complaint in the past year);
6. alcohol or drugs dependency;
7. cardiovascular disease;
8. respiratory disease;
9. epilepsy.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL641 |
| NTR-old | NTR701 |
| Other | : N/A |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN42388561 |