View clinical trials related to Anxiety.
Filter by:Investigators hypothesized that the use of blend aromatherapy and gum chewing before surgery would reduce preoperative anxiety as assessed by the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire and provide non pharmacological methods to decrease postoperative sore throat, postoperative nausea & vomiting and postoperative pain.
This study takes place in the Divisions of Nephrology. Patients undergoing renal biopsy were randomized to control group or multimedia information intervention group. The control group received routine care, and the multimedia information intervention group received a multimedia information. After the pre-test, the two groups performed the 1 to 3 post-tests on pre-operation, post-operative day 1 and post-operative day 9. This study used questionnaires that including General Self-Efficacy Scale, Pain Visual Analogy Scale, Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety, and Positive and Negative Affective Scale.
Volunteers over the age of 18 who applied to the Neurology Outpatient Clinic of Dokuz Eylül University Hospital, who were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the last three months, one month after the initiation of treatment and accepted the study, will be included in the study after their eligibility to the sampling criteria is evaluated. EDSS will be applied to the individuals by the specialist physician and they will be directed to the MS daycare unit. Since it is a randomized controlled experimental study, the sampling and follow-up measurements will be carried out by a psychologist in the unit where the study is applied, who does not carry out EFT. Scales will be applied in the daily unit and will be randomly divided into two groups at the beginning of the study. The psychologist who chooses the sampling will not know which group the participants will fall into, and the EFT practitioner will not know the anxiety, depression and psychological distress levels of the individuals participating in the study. EFT will be applied to one of the groups, and the other group will continue their routine treatment. Individuals with multiple sclerosis in the experimental group seven days at intervals, six sessions in which one session lasts 30-45 minutes will be included in the EFT application. SUDS will be applied before and after each EFT session. At the same time, resting heart rate and blood pressure will be measured in the EFT group before and after each session. Depression, anxiety and psychological distress levels of individuals with MS will be evaluated with HAD and SUDS at the beginning of the study, at the end of six sessions and in the first month.
This study will use the University of Washington's ALACRITY Center's (UWAC) Discover, Design, Build, & Test (DDBT) method to develop and test an intervention to address the mental health health needs of older adults in senior housing ("clients") who are forced to not only shelter-in-place but cannot have family or other visitors during this time. Older people (those over 60 years in age) are especially vulnerable and are more likely to have severe - even deadly - coronavirus infection than other age groups. These facts led to the need to have older adults socially isolate in order to protect their health; visits with family and friends are limited, and in senior housing (independent, supported and assisted care residences) have limited such visits by family to one person a day. This necessary practice of social distancing, while addressing an important public health crisis, unintentionally creates social isolation and loneliness, another deadly epidemic amongst the older population. Even before COVID-19, social isolation and loneliness was a prominent mental health and social problem in the aged, one that is associated with increases in other chronic conditions, dementia and suicide. Effective interventions for social isolation exist but are difficult to access and may not address all the concerns older adults have about this particular period of social isolation. The purpose of this proposed study is to deploy an adaptation of Behavioral Activation Therapy called Stay Connected to treat depression in older adults. The adaptation will allow activity directors and staff ("clinicians") in these settings and senior centers to deliver the therapeutic elements of the intervention (behavioral activation) in the context of social distancing/shelter-in-place policies. Social workers in these settings will oversee the activity director and staff delivery of the intervention. The investigators are working with a variety of senior housing types (HUD certified and private systems) and senior centers in Skagit county (rural) and King county (urban) in Washington (WA) so that the resulting intervention is not tied to economic levels or access to digital technology.
The primary objective of this study is to collect insights from first responders and military personnel on their need for, use of, and interest in physical and/or mental health medical marijuana or psychedelic-assisted therapy programs. These preliminary data will help to inform and guide the development of a larger patient-oriented study and the design of a clinical program geared towards enhancing therapy treatments for first responders and military personnel.
The Trial Assessing Light-Intensity Exercise on the Health of Older Breast Cancer Survivors pilot randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of a home-based, light-intensity physical activity intervention among 56 obese, older adult breast cancer survivors, in comparison to a usual care control condition.
This study aims to evaluate in the Brazilian context, the impact of the implementation of a diary program on patient and family-centered outcomes after PICU discharge. The intervention investigated will be the use of hospital diaries for the critically ill child in a cross-over study, randomized by clusters in four PICUs of Rio de Janeiro. Family members of children aged 29 days to 12 years, admitted for more than 36 hours will be included and data collection will take place upon admission, at PICU discharge and 60 days after discharge from the PICU. Family-centered outcomes assessed will be: satisfaction with care, anxiety and depression at discharge, incidence of anxiety, depression, PTSD, burden and quality of life in follow-up. Patient-centered outcomes will be assessed in children at discharge and follow-up - quality of life and incidence of new morbidities will be evaluated. The association of clinical, social and demographic variables with family- and patient-centered outcomes will be investigated on an exploratory basis. Burnout Syndrome in PICU health professionals will be assessed before and after the intervention as a proxy of intervention security for PICU staff.
This study investigates the potential of cranial electrotherapy stimulation to mitigate anxiety induced cognitive deficits
Serious burns and other traumatic or disfiguring injuries represent a significant public health burden. Survivors often need intense medical or surgical treatment, including plastic surgery. As well as devastating physical injuries, up to 45% of people develop significant mental health difficulties following a traumatic injury. These difficulties include depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the most widely offered treatment within the National Health Service (NHS) and the most common treatment provided for burns and plastics patients. However, CBT is limited in efficacy, time-consuming, and focuses on treating the most distressing problem first. One way to overcome these limitations is to evaluate a group therapy that can treat multiple mental health problems at once. One such treatment is called Metacognitive Therapy (MCT; Wells 2009). MCT targets metacognitive beliefs (beliefs people hold about their thinking) rather than the content of patients' thoughts (i.e. reality testing), which is advantageous over cognitive therapies as often following a burns or plastics injury patients experience realistic negative thoughts (e.g. thoughts about disfigurement). MCT has been shown to be more effective at treating anxiety and depression in mental health settings than CBT, however, more research is needed to evaluate MCT in physical health settings. The aim of this study is to examine the acceptability and feasibility of group-MCT within the Department of Burns, Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery at Wythenshawe Hospital. We aim to recruit 20 patients to receive six weekly sessions of group-MCT. Sessions will last approximately 90 minutes. Indicators of feasibility and acceptability will be described including rates of referrals, recruitment, and dropout. Data on symptom outcomes (as measured by the PHQ-9 and GAD-7) at pre and post treatment will be assessed and benchmarked against usual treatment delivered. The data will be used to inform a future large-scale trial on the effectiveness of MCT.
There is considerable need for psychological intervention targeting stressor-related mental health symptoms related to COVID-19. The investigators have developed an online self-directed transdiagnostic intervention to address this need called RESTORE: Recovering from Extreme Stressors Through Online Resources and E-health. The specific aims of this project are to refine and investigate the initial safety, efficacy, and desirability of RESTORE for addressing mental-health symptoms in individuals who have recovered from severe COVID-19 and close others.