Group CBT Intervention for Refractory Coeliac Disease
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Gluten-Free Refractory CBT: an online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) group intervention designed to reduce anxiety in adults with refractory coeliac disease
IRAS ID
345942
Contact name
Melissa/MF Figueiredo
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Surrey
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 6 days
Research summary
This project aims to design and provide a group-based CBT intervention for individuals diagnosed with RCD from the only two clinics within the UK able to treat RCD. The intervention will be aimed at targeting the management of anxiety in relation to their condition. The study will assess the suitability of this kind of intervention for people with RCD in reducing anxiety levels and improving quality of life. Individuals will be invited to complete the intervention and repeatedly complete outcome measures on anxiety, acceptance and action, quality of life, pain and the gastrointestinal symptom rating scale once prior to the group, halfway after the second session of the group and lastly a month after finishing the group, to monitor change and assess if reduced anxiety and quality of life has been maintained. It is hypothesised that a group-based CBT intervention aimed at individuals with RCD will help reduce anxiety and improve quality of life. This effectiveness study will tell us whether this kind of intervention is acceptable to its intended population and provide a resource currently missing in the coeliac disease field.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/EE/0228
Date of REC Opinion
3 Dec 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion