Thought Field Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Agoraphobia

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose for this study is to find out if Thought field therapy has the same effect as, or better effect than, Cognitive therapy for Agoraphobia.

Detailed Description
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Thought field therapy is an alternative treatment method that has shown, by casuistic reports, to give good results when applied for anxiety disorders. In this study 72 patients will be randomized to three groups. 24 patients will receive cognitive therapy as a control method, 24 patients will receive thought field therapy. The remaining 24 patients will wait three months, and then be randomized to either of the two therapies. Before inclusion all patients will be diagnosed with M.I.N.I. and SCID II. They will fill out self evaluation forms for symptoms and quality of life, before and after treatment, and one year after treatment. All patients will undergo an interview with ADIS on panic and agoraphobic diagnosis and symptoms before starting treatment, and on panic and agoraphobic symptoms immediately after and one year after treatment. These interviews will be done by psychologists who are blinded for which type of treatment the patients have got.

Official Title
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Thought Field Therapy and Cognitive Therapy for Agoraphobia - a Randomized Controlled Intervention Study Where the Efficacy of Thought Field Therapy is to be Compared to Cognitive Therapy

Conditions
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Agoraphobia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Thought field therapy
* Behavioral: Cognitive therapy
* Behavioral: Wait list


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients ages 18 years or older, Patients with agoraphobia, Patients with a score on Mobility Inventory Alone of 2.5 or more, Patients who give a written consent to participate. Exclusion Criteria: Psychosis (past or present), Drug abuse or dependency, Moderate or high score on suicidal behaviour on the M.I.N.I., Patients who have another illness (other than panic disorder or agoraphobia) and are in need of immediate treatment.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

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: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Thought field therapy<br>24 randomly selected patients will be treated with 5 sessions of standard Thought field therapy. | Behavioral: Thought field therapy<br>* 5 sessions with Thought field therapy<br>* Other names: TFT;|
| Active Comparator: Cognitive therapy<br>Treatment with Cognitive therapy, 12 sessions with manualized therapy according to David Clark's model. | Behavioral: Cognitive therapy<br>* 12 sessions of Cognitive therapy<br>* Other names: CBT;|
| Other: Wait list<br>24 patients will be randomly selected to 3 months on a wait list, thereafter randomly selected to either Cognitive therapy or Thought field therapy. | Behavioral: Wait list<br>* 3 months waiting, then randomized to either thought field therapy or cognitive therapy<br>* Other names: WL;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in agoraphobic situation scores in ADIS. |  | Immedeately and 12 months after treatment | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Interference score in ADIS |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| Mobility Inventory |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| Body Sensations Questionnaire |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| BDI |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| BAI |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| WHOQOL-BREF |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| SF-36 |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| Safety Seeking Behaviours Questionnaire. |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 
| Panic scale |  | Immediately and 12 months after treatment | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Agoraphobia, Cognitive therapy, Thought field therapy, Psychotherapy research