Internet Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Internet CBT

• Registration Number: NCT01348529
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

The main aim of this study is to test whether cognitive behavior therapy could be effective in treating obsessive compulsive disorder. Here, the investigators test the in group effects of a 15 week long treatment delivered via the Internet for residents in Stockholm County.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-09
• Study Start: 2010-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-11-08
• Primary Completion: 2011-03
• Study Completion: 2011-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-04
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with Obsessive compulsive disorder according to the DSM criteria
• Be at least 18 years old
• YBOCS >7

Exclusion Criteria

• other primary diagnosis
• substance abuse,
• psychosis,
• bipolar disorder,
• suicidal ideation,
• adjusted pharmacological treatment the last two months
• current psychological treatment for OCD,
• been treated with CBT the last two years,
• serious somatic disease,
• Y---BOCS>31
• hoarding as primary OCD subtype

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Internet CBT	Internet CBT	Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy with therapist support.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline of obsessions and compulsions after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	Psychiatrist visit at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.	Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Baseline of cost data after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.	"Trimbos and Institute of Medical Technology Assessment Cost Questionnaire for Psychiatry". In this questionnaire, patients register their monthly health care consumption (e.g. GP visits) as well as time spent in informal health enhancing activities (e.g. self-help groups and informal care from friends). In addition, work loss and work cutback both at work and in the domestic realm is measured.
Change from Baseline of depressive symptoms after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	Sel-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.	The Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale
Change from Baseline of obsessions and compulsions after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.	Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and at 6 months after treatment.	Obsessions and Compulsions Inventory Revised
Change from Baseline of quality of life after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment	Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and at 6 months after treatment.	Quality of life inventory

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Internetpsykatrienheten, M46, Psykiatri sydväst; 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden