Trial reportPloS one2014
Personality change following internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for severe health anxiety.
Trial report in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00828152 (Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Health Anxiety - a Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Health Anxiety - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Can we learn to manage stress? A randomized controlled trial carried out on university students.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Impact of personality status on the outcomes and cost of cognitive-behavioural therapy for health anxiety.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2016Trial
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- Effects of personal growth initiative on occupational engagement of college students in the uncertain social context: A cross-lagged model and a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Incremental validity of coronaphobia: Coronavirus anxiety explains depression, generalized anxiety, and death anxiety.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2020Article
- Depressive symptomatology and personality traits in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Article
- Computer-Assisted Cognitive-Behavior Therapy in Medical Care Settings.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
- Recent Advances in the Understanding and Treatment of Health Anxiety.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
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- Effect of neuroticism on risk of cardiovascular disease in depressed persons - a Swedish population-based cohort study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2017Article
- Personality traits in established schizophrenia: aspects of usability and differences between patients and controls using the Swedish universities Scales of Personality.Nordic journal of psychiatry · 2016Article
- Can an intervention based on a serious videogame prior to cognitive behavioral therapy be helpful in bulimia nervosa? A clinical case study.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
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Abstract
unlabelledPersonality traits have traditionally been viewed as stable, but recent studies suggest that they could be affected through psychological treatment. Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) for severe health anxiety (DSM-IV hypochondriasis) has been shown to be effective in reducing health anxiety, but its effect on measures of personality traits has not been investigated. The main aim of this study was to investigate the impact of ICBT on personality traits in the three broad dimensions--neuroticism, extraversion and aggression. We hypothesized that participants in ICBT would reduce their level of neuroticism compared to controls that did not receive the active treatment. No specific predictions were made regarding extraversion and aggression. Data from a randomized controlled trial were used in which participants were allocated to 12 weeks of ICBT (n = 40) or to a basic attention control condition (n = 41). Personality traits were assessed with the Swedish Universities Scales of Personality and the primary outcome of health anxiety was the Health Anxiety Inventory. There was a significant interaction effect of group and time on neuroticism-related scales, indicating larger pre- to post-treatment reductions in the Internet-based CBT group compared to the control condition. Analyses at 6-month follow-up showed that changes were stable. Traits relating to extraversion and aggression were largely unchanged. This study is the first to demonstrate that a brief ICBT intervention for severe health anxiety causes long-term changes in measures of personality traits related to neuroticism. The treatment thus has a broader impact than just reducing health anxiety.
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