Self-help Techniques to treat Comorbidities in Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors and Tic Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F63.3; F63.8; F63.9; F98.8; F95; F95.2; Trichotillomania; Other habit and impulse disorders; Habit and impulse disorder, unspecified; Other specified behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence

• Registration Number: DRKS00028616
• Lead Sponsor: oUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Arbeitsgruppe Klinische Neuropsychologie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 280

Inclusion Criteria

consent to participate in study (informed consent)
- internet access
- sufficient command of the German language
- willingness to participate in two anonymous online surveys, each of which lasts approx. 25-30 minutes
- willingness to participate in a 6-week self-help program
- willingness to use the program on one's own responsibility
- willingness to provide an (anonymous) e-mail address

Exclusion Criteria

- acute suicidal tendencies
- lifetime schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total score of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9): Self-rating questionnaire measuring depressive symptoms during the past week (at baseline- and post-assessment)