| a. |
the group that receives the new therapy treatment. |
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| b. |
the group that receives the standard group therapy
sessions. |
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| c. |
the group that receives the current placebo sessions. |
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| d. |
there is no control group. |
A clinical trial is planned for patients with anxiety to
investigate whether a new individual therapy treatment provides
improved outcomes over the current standard group therapy
treatment. It is not known if it will be better or worse.
The control group is:
Control group is the group which does not receive treatment. Hence,
The group that receives the standard group therapy sessions will be control group.
Option B is correct.
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