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

Karolinska Institutet23 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

Internet CBTBEHAVIORAL

Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy with therapist support.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Internetpsykatrienheten, M46, Psykiatri sydväst

Stockholm, Sweden

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from Baseline of obsessions and compulsions after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.

Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

Time frame: Psychiatrist visit at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.

Secondary Outcomes

Change from Baseline of cost data after 15 weeks 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.

Time frame: Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.

Change from Baseline of depressive symptoms after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.

The Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale

Time frame: Sel-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and 6 months after treatment.

Change from Baseline of obsessions and compulsions after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment.

Obsessions and Compulsions Inventory Revised

Time frame: Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and at 6 months after treatment.

Change from Baseline of quality of life after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment

EuroQol

Time frame: Self-ratings at baseline, after 15 weeks of treatment and at 6 months after treatment.

Change from Baseline of quality of life after 15 weeks and 6 months after treatment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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