Online Study on the Impact of a Self-Help Tool for Social Anxiety
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Internet-delivered self-help for social anxiety based on principles of cognitive behavioral therapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Social Anxiety. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand which individuals benefit most from an internet-based cognitive behavioral intervention for social anxiety. Adults aged 18-65 will complete a self-guided online program designed to reduce anxiety symptoms. The investigators will use a combination of self-reported clinical information and data from computerized decision-making and cognitive tasks to predict changes in symptom scores from the intervention.
Interventions
- Behavioral Internet-delivered self-help for social anxiety based on principles of cognitive behavioral therapy
Participants will be offered the use of a self-help tool, e-couch (https://ecouch.com.au), for 5 weeks. e-couch is an online, self-directed tool that provides interactive self-help and evidence-based information to help users understand and manage common mental health challenges including symptoms of depression and anxiety. The e-couch social anxiety program will be used in this study. It is structured like an interactive self-help book and participants can log back into at any time to learn and
Primary outcome measures
- Predictive accuracy of change in social anxiety symptom severity, as measured by Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) total score, from baseline to end of intervention (5 weeks) [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention) to end of intervention (5 weeks)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age 18 to 65 years
- Live in the United States
- Comfortable reading and writing in English
- Have regular access to the internet and a desktop/laptop computer
- Report wanting to feel more comfortable in social situations, to improve social confidence, and/or to reduce symptoms of social anxiety as primary reason for joining the study
- Have a valid photo ID and be willing to complete a video-based identity verification call if requested
Exclusion criteria
- Lack of attention when completing parts of the study, and/or not completing the study tasks as instructed
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Princeton University, but recruitment and study are conducted completely online and can oc — Princeton
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07408102 · 18016