The primary aim of this study is to learn about who is most likely to benefit from guided self-help (GSH) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
40 Participants with OCD will be recruited. They will be given access to OC Fighter, an internet OCD treatment program. During the 17 week program, participants will meet with a therapist 9 times. Assessments will occur at pretreatment, post-treatment, 3-month follow up and 6-month follow up.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
26
OCFighter™ s an interactive, internet guided self-help (GSH) treatment program for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It uses the evidence based approach known as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and was adapted from the previously validated BT STEPS program for OCD. The program teaches the best practice CBT technique to help with OCD called exposure with ritual prevention (ERP).
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Change in Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
The Y-BOCS is a semi-structured interview that assesses severity of obsessions and compulsions. The total score is reported here and ranges from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating more severe OCD symptoms.
Time frame: Baseline (pretreatment), 17-weeks (posttreatment), and 6 month-follow-up
Responder Status
Participants who experienced a clinically significant change in Y-BOCS score defined as posttreatment YBOCS score that (a) has decreased by a reliable level (at least 1.96 times the standard deviation of that measure, taking into account the reliability of the measure itself; in this case, a decrease of 5 points or more), and (b) is within the nonclinical range of scores (in this case, a score of 13 or below).
Time frame: Week 17 (post-treatment) and 6-month follow-up
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