Active clinical trials for "Anxiety Disorders"

The aim of the study is to evaluate and compare the effect of virtual reality glasses (VR) to conventional behavior management techniques as a distraction method on child's dental anxiety during dental treatment

As part of their work, emergency first responders, such as paramedics and emergency medical dispatchers are exposed daily to traumatic events. These traumatic events can have many impacts on mental health, such as acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Research has shown that intervening early after exposure to a traumatic event helps to identify people at risk and to prevent post-traumatic stress disorder. The Psychological First Aid approach originally developed for mass traumas, is an intervention advocated by international experts today following a traumatic event. However, this approach is still very little studied, especially when it is part of an organization of emergency first responders. It therefore still lacks scientific validity. The main objective of this research will be to assess whether the Psychological First Aid program provided by peer-support workers helps to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping.

Stress and anxiety during childbirth have negative consequence on both mother and fetus. Previous studies have learned the effect of several intervention to reduce anxiety during labor- such as music and foot reflexology. Nevertheless, data for informative video before labor for reducing stress and anxiety are sparse. The present study aimed to review and determine the effect of informative video on anxiety, pain and outcomes of the labor in primigravida women.

The participants in this study will be subjected to a specific clinic waiting area ambience (1- no aquarium, 2- presence of aquarium with no fish, and 3- aquarium with fish) for their period of waiting before their intended dental visit and their stress and anxiety levels will be measured. Heart rate, blood pressure will be measured and other upon their arrival into the dental clinic waiting area and then again after 20 minutes of waiting in the waiting area. Anxiety will be measured using a six-item State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6) questionnaire and the mood of the participants were assessed for valence and arousal, using the feeling scale, and the felt arousal scale. The data from the three different waiting room settings will be compared and statistically analysed to investigate if an aquarium has an impact, and in that case how.

The effect and impact of postponing cardiac surgery / creating a waiting list as a result of COVID-19 on patients, both psychologically and symptomatically on three groups of patients: The degree of anxiety and/or depression induced by their altered medical care trajectory. The incidence of medical problems induced by deferred elective surgery or delayed postoperative ambulatory visit The occurrence of reduced access to medical and psychological help

Endoscopy procedure is a frequently used method in the evaluation of the gastrointestinal system. Upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy can be performed with and without sedation. Sedation is the controlled sleep of the patient with certain drugs (pharmacological methods). Non-pharmacological methods help reduce anxiety and pain. In this study, a non-pharmacological stress ball will be used. It is aimed to evaluate the effect of using a stress ball on pain, anxiety and satisfaction during upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy.

A huge number of children suffer from anxiety during their dental treatment especially those who did not receive any type of behavior management during their first dental visit. This will result in a more complicated treatment sessions for the children, dentist and the parents. Fear and anxiety control is the key to change the resistant nature of the anxious patients and also allow them to receive the proper treatment they require. From the point of view that there is no difference between the techniques effectiveness, evaluation of two modelling techniques (live modelling and filmed modelling versus no modelling) for children anxious behavior management during the dental treatment will be performed.

Behavioral activation (BA) is a low cost, evidence-based intervention that can be effective in treating depression and anxiety. We have developed a behavioural activation card game for clients receiving treatment through the Crisis Team and Traditional Case Management (TCM) in Kingston, ON. The game is designed to integrate behavioural activation tools into daily life while receiving points for completion of the each Activity Challenge, which are divided into 4 areas (ACE4), with the goal to receive maximum amount of points in the timeframe of the study. Using a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) design, participants (n=40) will be assigned to one of two groups, with the intervention group receiving ACE4 and treatment as usual (TAU) and the control group only receiving TAU. Assessments will be carried out upon entry to the study and at the end of the intervention period (8 weeks). Assessments will be completed using the WHODAS 2.0 (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule), HADS (The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), and CORE (Clinical Outcome in Routine Evaluation). We hypothesize that the treatment group receiving the ACE4 intervention will show improvement in overall mental state. Analyses will be conducted using SPSSv16, an analysis of covariance and t-test, and a binary logistic regression analysis will be used to investigate factors that predict good outcomes. Results will be published in international journals and presented at conferences with an aim towards being applied to clinics in Pakistan.

Depression and anxiety are increasingly common conditions for which primary care providers (PCPs) serve as the initial healthcare contact for most patients. Comorbid depression and anxiety result in higher costs, and treatment as usual, which is referrals to specialty psychiatric care, often contribute to delays in care. Collaborative psychiatric care is an evidence-based strategy to increase mental healthcare access while reducing costs. ADAPT is a novel collaborative care model. By using technology-driven appointments with providers, ADAPT increases access to mental healthcare, and reduces member wait times. This mixed methods study will assess implementation measures of the ADAPT program and the components of ADAPT related to patient mental health improvement compared to specialty mental health care. The hypothesis is that: ADAPT program will have good program reach and efficacy. We will examine program implementation and maintenance. Further, the study looks to uncover member and program characteristics that are associated with depression and anxiety remission and care utilization.

Being a parent to a premature infant in NICU is an anxious state. Parents ask a lot of questions, and look for information all the time. Organizing the information given to parents could reduce their anxiety. The parents will be divided into two groups: one group will get organized information, by a lecture at the first week of their infant's life, and the other group will not. Of course, questions will be answered all the time. The parents will answer a questionnaire on the first week of the infant's life, and on the last week, just before releasing the infant home.