Brief psychological treatments for emotional disorders in Primary and Specialized Care: A randomized controlled trial / Tratamientos psicológicos breves para trastornos emocionales en Atención Primaria y Especializada: un ensayo clínico aleatorizado
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BACKGROUND/
OBJECTIVE:
Brief transdiagnostic psychotherapies are a possible treatment for emotional disorders. We aimed to determine their efficacy on mild/moderate emotional disorders compared with treatment as usual (TAU) based on pharmacological interventions.
METHOD:
This study was a single-blinded randomized controlled trial with parallel design of three groups. Patients (N = 102) were assigned to brief individual psychotherapy (n = 34), brief group psychotherapy (n = 34) or TAU (n = 34). Participants were assessed before and after the interventions with the following
measures:
PHQ-15, PHQ-9, PHQ-PD, GAD-7, STAI, BDI-II, BSI-18, and SCID. We conducted per protocol and intention-to-treat analyses.
RESULTS:
Brief psychotherapies were more effective than TAU for the reduction of emotional disorders symptoms and diagnoses with moderate/high effect sizes. TAU was only effective in reducing depressive symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS:
Brief transdiagnostic psychotherapies might be the treatment of choice for mild/moderate emotional disorders and they seem suitable to be implemented within health care systems
Este estudio fue un ensayo clínico aleatorizado simple ciego con diseño paralelo de tres grupos. Los pacientes (N = 102) fueron asignados a psicoterapia breve individual (n = 34), psicoterapia breve grupal (n = 34) o tratamiento habitual (n = 34). Los participantes fueron evaluados antes y después del tratamiento con los siguientes instrumentos PHQ-15, PHQ-9, PHQ-PD, GAD-7, STAI, BDI-II, BSI-18 y SCID. Se realizaron análisis por protocolo y por intención de tratar.