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

NCT06972563 | Active Not Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: Gaziantep Üniversitesi
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Keywords

Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Cognitive Avoidance; Coping Attitudes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Measuring the effect of cognitive avoidance levels of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder

  Patients answered cognitive avoidance scale. Cognitive Avoidance Scale (Cope) measures cognitive avoidance strategies. COA is a self-assessment type scale. The five (1-5) point Likert-type scale (1-strongly disagree, 5-strongly agree) measures 25 items of COA. The score that can be obtained from the scale is between 12 and 125. In order to calculate the total score, it is necessary to sum the answers given to all items. A high score indicates that a cognitive avoidance strategy is used in the face of problems.

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder

  1 month

Study Arms (2)

Experiment

EXPERIMENTAL

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

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

Control

OTHER

The initiative was not implemented.

Other: The initiative was not implemented.

Interventions

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

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

Experiment

The initiative was not implemented. OTHER

The initiative was not implemented.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Arzu Çalışkan: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hatay Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Hatay, Antakya, 31030, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Anxiety Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Nurse

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 25, 2024
• First Posted: May 15, 2025
• Study Start: June 25, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 25, 2024
• Study Completion: June 25, 2025
• Last Updated: May 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)