Treatment of Misophonia: Comparison of Exposure and Sound Therapy
- Conditions
- Misophonia
- Interventions
- Other: PsychoeducationBehavioral: Exposure TherapyOther: Sound Therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT05993286
- Lead Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
- Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of possible treatments in misophonics. The main question it aims to answer is:
- Is exposure more effective on misophonic symptoms than sound therapy? Participants are randomly assinged to three groups of treatment;
1. Psychoeducation
2. Psychoeducation + Exposure
3. Psychoeducation + Sound Therapy
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 76
- People have Misophonia
- Current psychosis
- Mental retardation or dementia
- those who had previously received exposure or sound therapy for misophonia symptoms.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Psychoeducation Psychoeducation This was an active control group and included information on the proposed mechanism of the development of misophonia, how symptoms are reinforced, and basic coping skills. Exposure Therapy and Psychoeducation Psychoeducation Exposure has been successfully used in the treatment of anxiety disorders, phobias, and obsessions. There are also case reports showing its effectiveness in the treatment of misophonia. The proposed procedure is to expose the misophonic person to the triggering sound in a controlled and gradual manner until habituation/desensitization to the trigger occurs. In the current research setting, each participant was asked to choose the two misophonic sounds that are most disturbing. Sound Therapy and Psychoeducation Psychoeducation The music used in the current study was adapted from the protocol used by Jastreboff and Jastreboff (2013) for the treatment of misophonia. It includes noises such as white (noise with equal volume in all octaves) or pink noise (noise that decreases by 3 dB per octave towards high frequencies) or relaxing instrumental music Exposure Therapy and Psychoeducation Exposure Therapy Exposure has been successfully used in the treatment of anxiety disorders, phobias, and obsessions. There are also case reports showing its effectiveness in the treatment of misophonia. The proposed procedure is to expose the misophonic person to the triggering sound in a controlled and gradual manner until habituation/desensitization to the trigger occurs. In the current research setting, each participant was asked to choose the two misophonic sounds that are most disturbing. Sound Therapy and Psychoeducation Sound Therapy The music used in the current study was adapted from the protocol used by Jastreboff and Jastreboff (2013) for the treatment of misophonia. It includes noises such as white (noise with equal volume in all octaves) or pink noise (noise that decreases by 3 dB per octave towards high frequencies) or relaxing instrumental music
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The "improvement" Week 3 and Week 6 It was rated by the investigator (KBA) based on her clinical judgement (0=some worsening, 1=no improvement, 2=some improvement, 3=moderate improvement, 4=much improvement). If there was a moderate to much improvement at any point, the case was rated as "improved"; and "not improved" if the score was little worsening, no improvement, or some improvement.
The mean change in Misophonia Total Score (MTS) Week 0 and Week 6 The difference between MTS Week 0 and MTS Week 6 was calculated, divided by MTS Week 0, and multiplied by 100, to elicit the percent change in MTS between Week 0 and Week 6.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hacettepe University Department of Psychiatry
🇹🇷Ankara, Turkey