The Immediate Impact of App-Based Psychotherapeutic Exercises on Anxiety: An RCT
Overview
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the immediate impact of twelve distinct psychotherapeutic exercises within the Mind Ease app on anxiety reduction compared to reading and measurement-only controls. The study, which included 1,092 participants, reports that all tested interventions significantly lowered anxiety levels, with mindfulness techniques generally demonstrating larger effect sizes than cognitive restructuring. The resource is intended for readers interested in the comparative efficacy of specific digital CBT-based exercises for acute symptom relief.
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- PubMed Central
- Author
- Julia Fabienne Sandkühler (University of Bonn), Fabian Kahl (Universität Hamburg), Magda Zena Sadurska (City College of New York), Peter Brietbart (Brighton and Sussex Medical School), Spencer Greenberg (Brighton and Sussex Medical School), Jan Brauner (University of Oxford)
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- 2025-01-01
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- hybrid
- DOI
- 10.1155/da/5586831
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@article{allodium:7660ff5314254fb1,
title = {The Immediate Impact of App-Based Psychotherapeutic Exercises on Anxiety: An RCT},
author = {Julia Fabienne Sandkühler and Fabian Kahl and Magda Zena Sadurska and Peter Brietbart and Spencer Greenberg and Jan Brauner},
year = {2025},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.1155/da/5586831},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1155/da/5586831}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - The Immediate Impact of App-Based Psychotherapeutic Exercises on Anxiety: An RCT AU - Sandkühler, Julia Fabienne AU - Kahl, Fabian AU - Sadurska, Magda Zena AU - Brietbart, Peter AU - Greenberg, Spencer AU - Brauner, Jan PY - 2025 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.1155/da/5586831 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/da/5586831 ER -
APA
Sandkühler, J. F., Kahl, F., Sadurska, M. Z., Brietbart, P., Greenberg, S., & Brauner, J. (2025). The Immediate Impact of App-Based Psychotherapeutic Exercises on Anxiety: An RCT. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1155/da/5586831
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