Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0230117542
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To assess the effectiveness of anger management by employing a cognitive behavioural framework.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Anger management
Intervention
Study subjects will be selected from those referred to the Anger Management group run at the Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital. It will compare a cognitive behaviour therapy based anger management program with a control group of patients on the waiting list. The study will last for 9 months. <p>Questionnaires will be used at the start, end of group therapy (3 months after the start) and again at 6 months follow up.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Anger will be measured using the Navco Anger Assessment Scale (NAS) and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI). The Clinical Outcomes in Routine Elevations (CORE) scale will be used to measure the well-being and life functioning of the subjects. Depression and anxiety will be measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Evaluation belief scale will be used to measure the beliefs about self and others. Other variables to be collected include: age, gender, ethnicity, marital status and employment status.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/2003
Overall trial end date
01/03/2004
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
30 Subjects within age range 16-65 from patients referred for Anger Management training. <p>Inclusion criteria: a history of being unable to manage anger with or without a history of mental illness.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
30
Participant exclusion criteria
1. excessive use of drugs and/or alcohol
2. significant cognitive impairment
3. active psychosis.
Recruitment start date
01/03/2003
Recruitment end date
01/03/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Dept of Psychiatry
Southampton
S014 0YG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
West Hampshire Consortium (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2009 results in http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=4433900