Treatment of Panic Disorder Via Internet With a Wireless Temperature Biofeedback Ring

Chimei Medical Center10 enrolled

Overview

Internet plays a more and more important role in many applications of healthcare. Many researches on the integrations of internet and mental health care have been proposed in recent years. This project aims at the development of an online treatment system which combines the biofeedback therapy and the web technologies to treat the patients suffering from panic disorder with partial response to medications. This project also evaluates the efficacy of a new- designed wireless temperature biofeedback ring.

The participants should be chronic panic patients. They login an web-based server and practice muscle relaxation on-line every day. There will be two two parallel groups: one group practicing muscle relaxation only and the other practicing muscle relaxation with finger surface temperature monitor through a wireless biofeedback ring.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Panic Disorder

Interventions

relaxationBEHAVIORAL

Participants were asked to log in the system to keep the muscle relaxation program every day and complete some self-rating scales on browser every week.

biofeedback (finger temperature biofeedback)BEHAVIORAL

Participants were asked to log in the system to keep the muscle relaxation program plus finger temperature biofeedback every day and complete some self-rating scales on browser every week.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. The participant must fulfill DSM-IV criteria for panic disorder. 2. The participant must be between 18 and 60 years of age. 3. The participant must have panic disorder as the primary problem. 4. If the participant is taking prescribed drugs for panic disorder, a) the dosage have to be constant for 2 months before starting treatment, and b) the participant have to agree to keep the dosage constant for 1 month after starting treatment. 5. If the participant was already in therapy, the contact must have lasted at least 6 months and not be based on cognitive behavior therapy. 6. All participants have access to a computer with an Internet connection. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The participant suffers from any other psychiatric disorder in immediate need of treatment. 2. The participant fulfills DSM-IV criteria for major depression. 3. The participant has epilepsy, kidney problems, strokes, organic brain syndrome, emphysema, heart disorders, or chronic hypertension. 4. The participant has alcoholism.

Locations (1)

Psychiatry Department, Chimei Medical Center

Tainan, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

score change of The Panic Disorder Severity Scale(PDSS)

Time frame: day 1 / 4 weeks/ 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

score change of MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

Time frame: day 1 / 4 weeks/ 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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