A Multifaith Spiritually Based Intervention Versus Supportive Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
| Autor: | Kelley Raab-Mayo, Diana Koszycki, Cynthia Bilodeau, Jacques Bradwejn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Religion and Psychology endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Generalized anxiety disorder Psychometrics Pilot Projects Personality Assessment law.invention Spiritual Therapies Social support spiritual psychotherapy Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Psychiatry generalized anxiety disorder Internal-External Control Intention-to-treat analysis Social Support Articles Middle Aged medicine.disease anxiety spirituality Anxiety Disorders Intention to Treat Analysis psychotherapy Clinical Psychology Supportive psychotherapy religion randomized controlled trial Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Personality Assessment Inventory Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Psychology |
| ISSN: | 1097-4679 0021-9762 |
| Popis: | Objectives We have previously reported that a multifaith spiritually based intervention (SBI) may have efficacy in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This randomized pilot trial tested whether the SBI had greater efficacy than a nonspecific control condition in GAD. Method Twenty-three participants with GAD of at least moderate severity were randomized to 12 individual sessions of the SBI (n = 11) or supportive psychotherapy (SP)—our control condition (n = 12). Results Intent-to-treat analysis revealed the SBI fared better than SP in decreasing blind clinician ratings of anxiety and illness severity and self-report worry and intolerance of uncertainty, with large between-group effect sizes. The SBI also produced greater changes in spiritual well-being. Results remained the same when supplementary analyses were performed on the completer sample. Treatment gains were maintained at 3-months follow-up. Conclusions This small pilot trial demonstrates that a nondenominational SBI has greater efficacy than a rigorous control in improving symptoms of GAD and enhancing spiritual well-being. These results are encouraging and further research on the efficacy of the SBI and its underlying mechanisms is warranted. |
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