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Effectively treating pornography use disorder - life without craving

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Pornography use disorder as a form of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (ICD-11: 6C72)
Registration Number
DRKS00033084
Lead Sponsor
Professur für Psychotherapie und Systemneurowissenschaften am FB06 der Universität Gießen
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
316
Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of PUD
Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Insufficient German language skills
Acute suicidality
Acute psychoses
Acute substance dependence with the exception of nicotine
Consumption of pedophile pornography

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Absence of a diagnosis of pornography use disorder (PUD) at the end of treatment (or at the end of the waiting period) assessed with a clinical interview
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Symptoms of compulsive sexual disorder assessed with the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder Scale (CSBD-19)<br>- Problematic pornography use recorded with the Problematic Pornography Consumption Scale (PPCS-6)<br>- Negative consequences of pornography use as measured by the Hypersexual Behavior Consequences Scale (HBCS) modified for pornography use<br>- Duration of pornography use<br>- Mental stress recorded with the Brief Symptom Checklist (BSCL)<br>- General well-being assessed with the WHO-5<br>- Quality of life assessed with the WHOQOL-BREF<br>- Resource consumption recorded via questionnaires and health insurance costs<br>All measures are recorded upon inclusion in the study, at the end of therapy (or the waiting period) and at a follow-up examination after six months. Resource consumption is also recorded every three months.
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