Change in Mindfulness in Borderline Personality Disorder

• Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder; Mindfulness
• Interventions: Behavioral: Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

• Registration Number: NCT03297840
• Lead Sponsor: Katharina Bachmann

Brief Summary

The current study aims to investigate the effect of dialectical behavioral therapy on mindfulness in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. A treatment group will be compared to a waitlist control group.

Detailed Description

Participants will be recruited from the Dialectical-Behavioral-Therapy (DBT) unit. DBT is a treatment approach that has been shown to be effective in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. DBT integrates different psychotherapeutic interventions as well as Mindfulness Meditation exercises. Mindfulness is a meditation practice that can improve present moment awareness. When applied as therapeutic intervention mindfulness meditation can help patients to stay with their attention in the present moment, to be aware what is happening in the here and now, and to better identify and regulate upcoming emotions.

The current observational study investigates changes in symptom severity and mindfulness skills during DBT treatment. A treatment group will be compared to a waitlist control group. The two groups are predefined by routine medical care.

Symptom severity and mindfulness skills will be assessed at baseline (before treatment or when accepted for the waitlist) and after 12-weeks. A within and between group analyses will be performed.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-05-04
• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-09
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-26
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-29
• Primary Completion: 2017-11
• Study Completion: 2017-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
• On the waitlist for DBT treatment or actually treated with DBT
• Not previously treated with DBT.

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe psychiatric comorbidity e.g. psychosis, severe depression, suicidality

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment	Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)	Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder receiving DBT treatment. Measurement takes place at the beginning of the treatment and a second time after 12-weeks treatment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in mindfulness	Baseline and after 12-weeks	Degree of mindfulness will be assessed by the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills, German Version (KIMS-D). A within and between group comparison will be performed (treatment vs. waitlist).
Change in borderline symptom severity	Baseline and after 12-weeks	Change in Borderline symptom severity is measured by the Borderline Symptom List (BSL 23). A within and between group comparison will be performed (treatment vs. waitlist).
Change in severity in symptoms of depression	Baseline and after 12-weeks	Change in overall symptom severity is measured by the Beck depression inventory (BDI). A within and between group comparison will be performed (treatment vs. waitlist).
Change in overall psychiatric symptom severity	Baseline and after 12-weeks	Change in overall symptom severity is measured by the Change in symptomseverity is measured by the Symptom-Checklist-90®-Standard (SCL-90). A within and between group comparison will be performed (treatment vs. waitlist).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy - University Hospital, University of Oldenburg; 🇩🇪 Bad Zwischenahn, Germany