About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to design an online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) program and to learn if it can treat anxiety in women transitioning into menopause (perimenopause).
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Is our online psychotherapy program a practical and acceptable means of managing anxiety during perimenopause? * Does our online psychotherapy program work in improving anxiety levels during perimenopause?
Participants will participate in weekly e-CBT module sessions tailored to perimenopausal anxiety and will be given weekly feedback on assignments from trained care providers through a secure online platform. Participants will complete questionnaires at the beginning, middle, and at end of the study, as well as at the three and six-month follow-up.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
In perimenopausal staging (as defined by the STRAW +10 criteria)
Assigned female at birth
Diagnosis of GAD according to DSM-5 by attending psychiatrist on research team
Competence to consent to participate
Disqualifiers
Undergone CBT or hormone therapy within the last 6 months will be excluded
Active psychosis
Acute mania
Severe alcohol or substance use disorder
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- e-CBT
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Dr. Nazanin Alavi
Lead sponsor
Queen's University
Sponsor institution