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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Adults With Allergy.

NCT04763889 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2022-07-06

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Summary

People with severe allergy often experience distress but research exploring psychological interventions for them is limited. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is routinely used in NHS services. The research investigators would like to know whether a short term CBT group is feasible and acceptable for those with severe allergy who are also experiencing distress and/or anxiety.

The research investigators will recruit people with allergy through support groups and social media. Those interested in the study will be invited to complete a screening interview. If the participants meet the inclusion criteria and consent to take part the participants will be randomly allocated into the CBT or a self-help group. Full written consent will be needed at the telephone screening session if participants are eligible for the study. Participants will be given time to complete this prior to the intervention. Participants will be able to withdraw at any point during the study.

The self-help group will be sent self-help materials. The CBT group will attend a single session day workshop based on CBT (maximum 6 hours length). Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the workshop may need to be delivered online. If delivered online, the workshop may be delivered over two three hour sessions.

Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires at baseline, the day of the intervention, one month later and three months later. They will be asked to complete a feedback form about their experiences in the group and at three month follow up, a small subsample of participants will be invited to interview.

Once the data is analysed it will be written up into a report for a clinical psychology doctoral qualification major research project. It may also be published in academic journals and presented at conferences. A possible outcome of the research is that people with allergy either do or do not find the workshops an acceptable and/or feasible intervention. It will identify the potential for this intervention to reduce distress and anxiety and to improve coping skills in adults with allergy. Those who take part are welcome to contact the researchers to find out the results of the study.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CBT

CBT for those with an allergy and anxiety

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Surrey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina Jones, PhD · University of Surrey

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-02
Primary Completion
2021-10-08
Completion
2021-10-08

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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