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Telephone Psychotherapy for Late-Life Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

NCT01259596 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 141

Last updated 2018-08-29

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)and supportive therapy delivered by telephone are effective for reducing worry and anxiety in rural older adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Conditions

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

cognitive behavioral therapy

weekly individual psychotherapy by telephone for 12 weeks; 4 booster sessions

BEHAVIORAL

nondirective supportive therapy

weekly individual psychotherapy by telephone for 12 weeks; 4 booster sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gretchen A. Brenes, Ph.D. · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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