Can Thought Field Therapy (TFT) be Helpful for Patients With an Anxiety Disorder?

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to find out if Thought Field Therapy has effect on certain anxiety disorders; agoraphobia, social phobia, and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Detailed Description
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Thought Field Therapy is an alternative treatment method that has been shown, by casuistic reports, to give good results when applied for anxiety disorders. In this study 52 patients, with one or more of the diagnoses agoraphobia, social phobia and/or PTSD, where randomized to either treatment with TFT or a wait list. The treatment group all got treatment in one week. 2 1/2 months later both the treatment group and the control group were tested on the same items as before the treatment started. After this evaluation phase the control group got the same treatment as the treatment or study group. Both groups were evaluated 3 and 12 months after treatment, the study group also 6 months after treatment. 4 patients were omitted because they changed groups. The study were performed from May 2002 until June 2003.

Official Title
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Can Thought Field Therapy (TFT) be Helpful for Patients With an Anxiety Disorder, a Prospective, Randomized Pilot Study With Wait List as Control Group.

Conditions
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PTSD, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Thought Field Therapy (TFT)


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: One or more of the study diagnoses agoraphobia, social phobia and/or PTSD Exclusion Criteria: Ongoing psychosis Ongoing serious drug problems
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Thought Field Therapy (TFT)<br>Treatment with TFT, first one hour, then 1/2 hour. | Behavioral: Thought Field Therapy (TFT)<br>* Treatment with TFT twice in one week<br>* Other names: Wait list control;|
| No Intervention: Wait list control<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Global symptom index (gsi) on the Symptom checklist 90 revised (SCL-90-R) |  | Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment. | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Davidson Trauma Scale |  | Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment. | 
| Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale |  | Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment. | 
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) |  | Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment. | 
| Fear Questionnaire (FQ) |  | Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment. | 
| Sheehan Disability Scale |  | Before treatment/wait list period, just after treatment, 3 months and 12 months after treatment. Group A also 6 months after treatment. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Anxiety disorder, Thought Field Therapy, Psychotherapy, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder