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Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial

BACKGROUND: Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders, few evidence‐based alternatives exist. Autonomy enhancing treatment (AET) aims to decrease the vulnerability for anxiety disorders by targeting underlying autonomy deficits and may therefore h...

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Autores principales: Kunst, Laura E., Maas, Joyce, van Balkom, Anton J. L. M., van Assen, Marcel A. L. M., Kouwenhoven, Brenda, Bekker, Marrie H. J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9303809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34951503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23231
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author Kunst, Laura E.
Maas, Joyce
van Balkom, Anton J. L. M.
van Assen, Marcel A. L. M.
Kouwenhoven, Brenda
Bekker, Marrie H. J.
author_facet Kunst, Laura E.
Maas, Joyce
van Balkom, Anton J. L. M.
van Assen, Marcel A. L. M.
Kouwenhoven, Brenda
Bekker, Marrie H. J.
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description BACKGROUND: Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders, few evidence‐based alternatives exist. Autonomy enhancing treatment (AET) aims to decrease the vulnerability for anxiety disorders by targeting underlying autonomy deficits and may therefore have similar effects on anxiety as CBT, but yield broader effects. METHODS: A multicenter cluster‐randomized clinical trial was conducted including 129 patients with DSM‐5 anxiety disorders, on average 33.66 years of age (SD = 12.57), 91 (70.5%) female, and most (92.2%) born in the Netherlands. Participants were randomized over 15‐week groupwise AET or groupwise CBT and completed questionnaires on anxiety, general psychopathology, depression, quality of life, autonomy‐connectedness and self‐esteem, pre‐, mid‐, and posttreatment, and after 3, 6, and 12 months (six measurements). RESULTS: Contrary to the hypotheses, effects on the broader outcome measures did not differ between AET and CBT (d = .16 or smaller at post‐test). Anxiety reduction was similar across conditions (d = .059 at post‐test) and neither therapy was superior on long term. CONCLUSION: This was the first clinical randomized trial comparing AET to CBT. The added value of AET does not seem to lie in enhanced effectiveness on broader outcome measures or on long term compared to CBT. However, the study supports the effectiveness of AET and thereby contributes to extended treatment options for anxiety disorders.
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spelling pubmed-93038092022-07-28 Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial Kunst, Laura E. Maas, Joyce van Balkom, Anton J. L. M. van Assen, Marcel A. L. M. Kouwenhoven, Brenda Bekker, Marrie H. J. Depress Anxiety Research Articles BACKGROUND: Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders, few evidence‐based alternatives exist. Autonomy enhancing treatment (AET) aims to decrease the vulnerability for anxiety disorders by targeting underlying autonomy deficits and may therefore have similar effects on anxiety as CBT, but yield broader effects. METHODS: A multicenter cluster‐randomized clinical trial was conducted including 129 patients with DSM‐5 anxiety disorders, on average 33.66 years of age (SD = 12.57), 91 (70.5%) female, and most (92.2%) born in the Netherlands. Participants were randomized over 15‐week groupwise AET or groupwise CBT and completed questionnaires on anxiety, general psychopathology, depression, quality of life, autonomy‐connectedness and self‐esteem, pre‐, mid‐, and posttreatment, and after 3, 6, and 12 months (six measurements). RESULTS: Contrary to the hypotheses, effects on the broader outcome measures did not differ between AET and CBT (d = .16 or smaller at post‐test). Anxiety reduction was similar across conditions (d = .059 at post‐test) and neither therapy was superior on long term. CONCLUSION: This was the first clinical randomized trial comparing AET to CBT. The added value of AET does not seem to lie in enhanced effectiveness on broader outcome measures or on long term compared to CBT. However, the study supports the effectiveness of AET and thereby contributes to extended treatment options for anxiety disorders. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-24 2022-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9303809/ /pubmed/34951503 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23231 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Depression and Anxiety published by Wiley Periodicals LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Kunst, Laura E.
Maas, Joyce
van Balkom, Anton J. L. M.
van Assen, Marcel A. L. M.
Kouwenhoven, Brenda
Bekker, Marrie H. J.
Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial
title Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial
title_full Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial
title_fullStr Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial
title_full_unstemmed Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial
title_short Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster‐randomized clinical trial
title_sort group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: a cluster‐randomized clinical trial
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9303809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34951503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23231
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