Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Problematic Chemsex: a Pilot Study
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hypersexuality
- Sponsor
- Universidad Europea de Madrid
- Enrollment
- 5
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Hypersexual Behavior Inventory (HBI)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Investigation of the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the psychological treatment of problematic chemsex. As a pilot study, the intervention will be tested in a small group.
Detailed Description
After being informed about the study, all patients giving written informed consent will be assessed to determine eligibility for study entry. Patients who meet eligibility requirements will receive psychological intervention consisting in an 8-session individual on line-delivered ACT-based treatment. The participants will be assessed through self-report instruments before and after treatment and at 3 months follow-up. The pilot study will not include a control group.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •older than 18 years-old
- •Spanish speaking
- •having used psychoactive substances to facilitate, maintain and/or improve sexual relations in the last year
- •significant score on the HBI Inventory (of 53 or more)
- •clinically significant discomfort related to sexual practices
- •degree of interference in his/her life of sexual practices greater than or equal to 5 out of 10
- •desire to improve/reduce excessive sexual behaviour
Exclusion Criteria
- •receiving psychological or psychopharmacological treatment
- •intellectual disability
- •substance dependence (use not associated with sex)
- •personality disorder or other serious or chronic mental disorder diagnosed
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Hypersexual Behavior Inventory (HBI)
Time Frame: Change from Baseline Hypersexuality at 5 months
The Hypersexual Behavior Inventory is a 19-item, seven-point Likert-type scale. Scores range between 19 and 95. Higher scores indicate higher levels of Hypersexuality and worse outcome. The presence of a problem of hypersexuality is considered when the score is equal or higher than 53.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Drug Abuse Screening Test (Dast-10)(Change from Baseline Drug Abuse at 5 months)
- Change in Awareness, Courage and Responsiveness Scale (ACRS)(Change from Baseline Awareness, Courage and Responsiveness at 5 months)
- Change in Interference of cravings subjective scale(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)(Change from Baseline Anxiety and Depression at 5 months)
- Change in Social and Emotional Loneliness in Adults (SESLA)(Change from Baseline Emotional Loneliness at 5 months)
- Change in the Life Values Questionnaire (VLQ)(Change from Baseline value consistency living at 5 months)
- Change in Time spent planning or practicing sex per week(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in The Comprehensive Assessment of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Processes (CompACT)(Change from Baseline psychological flexibility at 5 months)
- Change in Frequency of substance consumption per week(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in number of new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections per week(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in Frequency of value committed actions per week(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in Short Internalized Homonegativity Scale (SIHS)(Change from Baseline Internalized Homonegativity at 5 months)
- Change in Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II)(Change from Baseline psychological inflexibility at 5 months)
- Change in Frequency of chemsex encounters per week(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in number of different sexual partners per week(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in Frequency of risky sexual practices per week(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)
- Change in Intensity of cravings subjective scale(Through study completion, an average of 5 months)