Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Investigation of the Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Psychoeducation on Rumination and Self-Compassion in Patients Diagnosed With Panic Disorder: Randomized Controlled Study

The aim of this study is to manage individual psychoeducation in acceptance and commitment therapy for problems with panic disorder and to evaluate the effect of this program on rumination and self-resilience.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Panic Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Psychoeducation; Other: control group

Detailed Description

Panic disorder; palpitations, sweating, tachycardia, fear of death, depersonalization, derealization, fear of going crazy, etc. It is a psychiatric disorder with symptoms. The most commonly used psychotherapy method for panic disorder patients is cognitive behavioral therapies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a psychotherapy method originating from cognitive behavioral therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps individuals act in the direction of their values by allowing them to contact their painful experiences rather than trying to escape or try to get rid of their difficult experiences, thoughts, and feelings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports psychological well-being by providing psychological flexibility in the person. Rumination is mental rumination, which is used to keep thoughts spinning in the mind repetitively after an event.Self-compassion is a concept used to mean understanding oneself despite one's mistakes. This study aims to create psychoeducation based on acceptance and commitment therapy for patients with panic disorder and to evaluate the effect of this program on rumination and self-compassion. Psychoeducation, an evidence-based practice, is very important for the nursing profession. Although nurses have a significant impact on psychoeducational practices, this role is ignored and not implemented adequately. In addition, since there is no research examining the concepts of rumination and self-compassion together in people with panic disorder, it is thought that our study will be useful in new research.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Fatmanur OZCAN MIRCALI; Phone Number: +905075813922; Email: fatmanurozcan208@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Mentese
    • Mugla, Mentese, Turkey, 48000
      • Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed with Panic Disorder followed in Muğla Training and
• Research Hospital Psychiatry Polyclinics,
• Those between the ages of 18-65 who agree to participate in the research,
• Those who were in a euthymic mood during the interview, according to physician control,
• Those who speak Turkish,
• Those who are literate,
• Those who have a computer and internet access for the program to be conducted online if deemed necessary during the research process,
• Not having undergone such training within the last year is within the scope of the inclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a diagnosis of a psychiatric disease in addition to panic disorder,
• Having an attack period during the training period,
• Individuals with cognitive (diagnosed by a physician) and physical disability (hearing, speaking, etc.) are included in the exclusion criteria from the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: psycoeducation; Psychoeducation based on acceptance and commitment therapy will be applied to the experimental group of 25 people. Pre-test, post-test and follow-up test will be applied.	Other: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Psychoeducation; Psychoeducation based on acceptance and commitment therapy will be applied to the experimental group.
Active Comparator: control; No intervention will be applied to the control group of 25 people. Pre-test, post-test and follow-up test will be applied.	Other: control group; No intervention will be applied to the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire	The scale is a 7-point Likert type consisting of 20 items. 7 = Very good and 1 = Not at all, and participants are asked to score each item according to how much it reflects themselves. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale, Cronbach's alpha value, was found to be .907. In the item analysis, the item total score correlation was calculated and the total correlations of the items were found to be between 0.474 and 0.699.	7 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self Compassion Scale	The original Self-Compassion Scale consists of 6 subscales containing 26 items. The scale is a 5-point Likert type and those who answer "almost never = 1 and almost always = 5" are asked to rate how often they move. The Turkish form of the self-compassion scale, unlike the original, consists of 24 items because the scale shows a unidimensional structure and at the same time, 2 items with item-total correlations below 30 were removed from the scale. The internal consistency coefficient of the scale was calculated as .89 and the test-retest correlation was calculated as .83.	7 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 30, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 21, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 23, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): November 26, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 8, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 7, 2025
• Last Verified: May 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: self-compassion; rumination
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Panic Disorder
• Other Study ID Numbers: MuglaSKU-HEM-FOM-01

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No