Exploring Two Treatments for Misophonia

N/ACompletedNCT04198597

Duke University12 enrolled

Overview

While the investigators continue to work on better understanding Misophonia, it is also important to identify treatments that can help people who are currently suffering. Further, it is important that the treatments provided are acceptable to the people who receive them. In this study, participants will complete one of two treatments the investigators believe can help manage symptoms of Misophonia: The Unified Protocol or process-based therapy. Both treatments will use evidence-based psychological principles (e.g., managing attention or behavior) in a flexible manner and will focus on developing skills to help reduce the distress and impairment associated with Misophonia. The aims of this study are (1) to explore the acceptability and feasibility of these treatments for individuals who experience Misophonia and (2) to examine whether these treatments help reduce symptoms associated with Misophonia.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Misophonia

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Over age 18 * Able to read English * Meet criteria for interfering symptoms of misophonia * Live in North Carolina Exclusion Criteria: * Under age 18 * Current mania * Current psychotic disorder * Current anorexia * Presents with a condition that requires immediate prioritization in treatment (e.g., suicide planning or intent) * Has received any treatment specifically for misophonia in the past year

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of patients that are satisfied with treatment as measured by the credibility and expectancy questionnaire (CEQ)

The CEQ is a 6-item measure that asks patients about their perceptions of treatment.

Time frame: up to 20 weeks

Number of patients who indicate treatment was acceptable to them (i.e., the treatment approach made sense and was perceived as reasonable)

This form has two questions that assess how satisfied patients were with treatment and how acceptable treatment was to them. The remaining three items are open ended questions that allow patients to provide narrative feedback about their experience in treatment.

Time frame: up to 20 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Change in misophonia symptoms as assessed by the Misophonia Questionnaire

The Misophonia Questionnaire is a 17-item questionnaire that assesses the presence of misophonia symptoms, emotions and behaviors associated with misophonic reactions, and symptom severity. The first two subscales are rated on a scale of 0 (not at all true) to 4 (always true). These two parts are summed to produce a total score ranging from 0 - 68. The severity subscale is a single item that asks an individual to provide a rating of their sound sensitivity on a scale from 0 (no sound sensitivities) to 15 (very severe sound sensitivities).