Contents of It's not All in Your Head by Asmundson and Taylor
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anxiety. After ethical clearance was obta<strong>in</strong>ed for the study, <strong>in</strong>dividuals with maladaptive<br />
levels <strong>of</strong> health anxiety were recruited <strong>in</strong> the city <strong>of</strong> Reg<strong>in</strong>a, Saskatchewan. Individuals<br />
completed telephone or onl<strong>in</strong>e screen<strong>in</strong>g followed <strong>by</strong> an assessment <strong>in</strong>terview <strong>and</strong><br />
r<strong>and</strong>om assignment to one <strong>of</strong> two groups. Some were r<strong>and</strong>omly assigned to the SHB<br />
group where they received CBT <strong>in</strong> book-form (It’s Not <strong>All</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Head</strong>, <strong>Asmundson</strong> &<br />
<strong>Taylor</strong>; 2005) <strong>and</strong> weekly <strong>in</strong>-person or telephone check-<strong>in</strong>s with a tra<strong>in</strong>ed facilitator or<br />
the <strong>Head</strong> Researcher (n = 10; 7 females <strong>and</strong> 2 males). The SHB treatment was a guided<br />
self-help MC because facilitators or the <strong>Head</strong> Researcher <strong>in</strong>troduced the self-help book<br />
<strong>and</strong> helped participants to use it effectively (Mead et al., 2005; Newman et al., 2003).<br />
Other participants were assigned to the WLC group wait<strong>in</strong>g for the SHB treatment (n = 4;<br />
3 females <strong>and</strong> 1 male). Both conditions had a duration <strong>of</strong> 8 weeks <strong>and</strong> all participants<br />
completed questionnaires pre-, mid-, <strong>and</strong> post-treatment to assess symptoms <strong>of</strong> health<br />
anxiety, general anxiety, depression, <strong>and</strong> self-reported physical <strong>and</strong> mental function<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
It was hypothesized that us<strong>in</strong>g a CBT self-help book would be a more efficacious<br />
treatment than WLC. It was expected that relative to WLC, SHB would be more<br />
efficacious <strong>in</strong> reduc<strong>in</strong>g health anxiety as evidenced <strong>by</strong> reductions <strong>in</strong> scores on measures<br />
<strong>of</strong> health anxiety <strong>and</strong> related constructs. ITT analysis (LOCF procedure; Hollis &<br />
Campbell, 1999) was used for all participants who were r<strong>and</strong>omly assigned, <strong>and</strong><br />
rema<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the study until T2 <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g 4 participants who dropped out <strong>of</strong> the SHB<br />
group. Paired samples t tests were used to analyze with<strong>in</strong>-group differences. Analyses<br />
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