This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a psychotherapeutic intervention model in nursing on the nursing diagnosis "Anxiety". A randomised controlled trial will be carried out to do so.
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a psychotherapeutic intervention model in nursing on nursing diagnosis "Anxiety" (according to International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP)/North American Nursing Diagnoses Association (NANDA) standardized nursing language). A randomised controlled trial will be carried out to do so. In a single-blinded nurse-led 6 months controlled trial, conducted at a hospital outpatient setting in Portugal, approximately 60 patients with anxiety will be randomised to the intervention (n=30) or control groups (n=30). The objective is to compare the outcomes associated with "treatment-as-usual" and the benefits of implementing the psychotherapeutic intervention model in nursing previously developed (5 sessions), which will be evaluated using Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) outcomes "Anxiety Level" and "Anxiety Self-Control" (Portuguese version).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
133
Patients will be treated by NIC psychotherapeutic intervention(s) for anxiety (e.g. anxiety reduction) plus psychopharmaceuticals prescribed by their psychiatrist.
Patients will be treated only by psychopharmaceuticals prescribed by their psychiatrist.
Change in the Level of Anxiety (NOC outcomes "Anxiety Level" and "Anxiety Self-Control" - Portuguese version)
Time frame: At the beginning of the study (Session 0) and one week after session 5 (approximately 6 weeks after the beginning of the study)
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