Anxiety Skills Study

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorOhio State University

About this trial

The purposes of this study are: (1) to identify baseline predictors of relative success in cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness-based treatments for anxiety, (2) explore who benefits from a brief, video-based skill training compared to receiving 4 sessions of therapy, and (3) to evaluate how durable these effects are over 1 year.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Presence of clinically elevated anxiety

Living in Ohio

Disqualifiers

No access to a smartphone

Presence of conditions that would necessitate alternative care

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cognitive therapy

    Behavioral

    Cognitive therapy involves identifying and challenging negative automatic thoughts.

  • Behavioral therapy

    Behavioral

    Behavioral therapy involves identifying emotional urges and acting opposite to those urges.

  • Mindfulness-based therapy

    Behavioral

    Mindfulness-based therapy involves cultivating nonjudgmental present-moment awareness of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Treatment groups

600 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Cognitive therapyActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Behavioral therapyActive comparator 1 intervention
Group C: Mindfulness-based therapyActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS)

Minimum value: 0. Maximum value = 20. High scores mean worse outcomes.

Time frame
Weekly for 6 weeks, then monthly for 1 year.

Secondary outcomes

1

Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS)

Minimum = 0. Maximum = 20. Higher scores mean worse outcomes.

Time frame
Weekly for 6 weeks, then monthly for 1 year.

Other outcomes

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