Effectiveness of an Online Religiously-integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based Intervention… (NCT06876103) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Effectiveness of an Online Religiously-integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-based Intervention on Death Anxiety
Turkey (Türkiye)44 participantsStarted 2025-06-01
Plain-language summary
There has been growing awareness of the importance of death anxiety (DA) in pathological anxiety. DA is defined as a persistent and unreasonable fear of death and thoughts, fears, and emotions associated with the end of life. DA has been suggested as a core fear that underpins the emergence and perseverance of numerous anxiety disorders. However, previous DA-based treatment studies focus on the elderly, the patients, or health professionals who care for the terminally ill. Therefore, there is a need to examine the effect of psychological interventions on DA and current disorder symptoms in a clinical sample through randomized controlled trials. The current study aims to develop a novel Religiously Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RCBT)-based intervention on DA in individuals diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and to compare the effectiveness of RCBT-based intervention with classical CBT-based intervention.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years – 65 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Aged 18-65
* A score of \> 26 on the Turkish Death Anxiety Scale
* Diagnosed with one of the anxiety disorders
* Believing in life after death
Exclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and delusional disorder
* Being in an active manic episode
* Possessing a mental disorder that interferes with completing measures or understanding the exercises conducted during sessions
* Extreme symptoms of depression (score of \> 20 on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and \>1 on the item assessing suicidality)
* Currently receiving therapy.
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