Internet-based treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder – acceptance and effectiveness

Not Applicable

Conditions: F42
Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Registration Number: DRKS00004612

Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Freiburg, Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

Current obsessive-compulsive disorder according to DSM-IV-criteria (Self-rating scale Y-BOCS-SR and OCI-R as well as phone interview); informed consent to participate in the study; fluent in spoken and written German; access to Internet; agreement from their outpatient psychiatrist for crisis intervention

Exclusion Criteria

Another primary diagnosis of current mental illness besides OCD; severe major depression (according to DSM-IV-criteria); clinically relevant craniocerebral injuries or neurological diseases; current or past legal and illegal drug abuse or dependence (alcohol, drugs, medication); use of benzodiazepine; change of psychotropic medication during the last six month; current acute suicidal tendency; current or past psychotic episode; diagnosis of a borderline personality disorder; current psychotherapeutic treatment; in- or outpatient disorder-specific treatment with exposure and response
prevention in the last 5 years

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptom improvement as measured by the scores of the 'Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale' and the 'Obsessive Compulsive Intentory-Revised' (group comparison: pre-post, as well as stability of results at follow-up). Percentage of drop-out at the end of treatment as a measure for the patients’ acceptance and compliance.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Therapeutical alliance from the patients' view (measured with the Working Alliance Inventory). Therapists’ time effort for conducting the treatment program. Reduction of general psychopathology (Patient Global Impression, BDI-II, Brief Symptom Inventory).