The Effect of Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed With Generalized Anxiety Disorder on Cognitive Avoidance Levels and Coping Attitudes

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT06972563

Arzu Çalışkan60 enrolled

Overview

This study will be conducted to determine the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation on cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes in patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. H0: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation has no effect on the cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. H1: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation reduces the cognitive avoidance levels of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. H2: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation affects the coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Having been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder according to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and receiving outpatient treatment * Being literate * Having no problems understanding or speaking Turkish * Being in the 18-65 age group * Having not received such training in the last 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Those diagnosed with another comorbid mental illness Patients with a mental condition that makes cooperation impossible, such as intellectual disability or memory impairment * The illiterate * Patients who do not consent to be interviewed

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Measuring the effect of cognitive avoidance levels of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder

Patients answered cognitive avoidance scale. Cognitive Avoidance Scale (Cope) measures cognitive avoidance strategies. COA is a self-assessment type scale. The five (1-5) point Likert-type scale (1-strongly disagree, 5-strongly agree) measures 25 items of COA. The score that can be obtained from the scale is between 12 and 125. In order to calculate the total score, it is necessary to sum the answers given to all items. A high score indicates that a cognitive avoidance strategy is used in the face of problems.

Time frame: 1 month

Secondary Outcomes

coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder

The scale is a 4-point Likert-type scale. When scoring the items, 1 point is given for "I Never Do This", 2 points for "I Rarely Do This", 3 points for "I Do This" and 4 points for "I Often Do This". There are no negative items in the scale. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 160, the lowest score is 40. A high score obtained from the scale means a high level of coping attitude, and a low score means a low level of coping attitude.