Augmenting Buried in Treasures Workshop (BIT) With In-home Decluttering Practice for Individuals With Hoarding Disorder

NCT02377986 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: 7073
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 5
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Patients participate in Buried in Treasures Workshop (BIT) that has been shown to improve symptoms of hoarding disorder. To target levels of clutter, the investigators are testing an intervention to add in-home decluttering practice to the BIT workshop.

Conditions

Hoarding Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Savings Inventory Revised

  The Saving Inventory-Revised scale (SI-R) is a 23-item questionnaire with 3 factor-analytically defined sub-scales for difficulty discarding, excessive clutter, and compulsive acquisition. The total score (sum of 23 items) ranges from 0 to 92. Total score higher than 41 shows significant difficulty with clutter. For the acquisition subscale we sum items 2 (reverse score), 9, 11, 14, 16, 18 and 21. The subscale ranges from 0 to 28 and score greater than 13 indicates difficulty with excessive acquisition. For the difficulty discarding subscale we sum items 4(reverse score), 6, 7, 13, 17, 19, 23. The subscale ranges from 0 to 28 and score greater than 13 indicates difficulty with discarding. For the clutter subscale we sum items 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 22. The subscale ranges from 0 to 36 and score greater than 15 indicates difficulty with accumulated clutter.

  Change from baseline at 0, 12 weeks and 18 weeks after treatment start

• Clutter Image Rating Scale

  Three sets of photographs, each containing nine photos of a single room with varying levels of clutter. A selection is made as to which photograph best resembles their own home. This scale assesses the clutter levels in the bedroom, living room and kitchen. The scale for each room ranges from 1 to 9. Clutter that reaches the level 4 indicates significant difficulty with clutter that affects the person's life.

  Change from baseline at 0, 12 weeks and 18 weeks after treatment start

Study Arms (1)

Experimental: BIT+In-home Decluttering

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients who have not received the BIT workshop through our previous study (IRB 6681) will receive BIT+in-home decluttering practice.

Behavioral: BIT+in-home decluterring; Behavioral: In-Home Decluttering

Interventions

BIT+in-home decluterring BEHAVIORAL

BIT Workshop + In-home decluttering practice

Experimental: BIT+In-home Decluttering

In-Home Decluttering BEHAVIORAL

In-home decluttering practice

Experimental: BIT+In-home Decluttering

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years or older at consent
• Primary hoarding disorder, Saving Inventory Revised greater than or equal to 40.
• Clutter Image Rating Scale greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 7.
• Low risk for eviction
• English speaking
• Will and able to understand and complete consent procedures

You may not qualify if:

• Hoarding disorder not primary
• Severely depressed individuals; Hamilton Depressions Rating Scale greater than 30 or judged clinically to be at risk of suicide with Columbia Suicide Severity Scale
• Unable or unwilling to allow study staff into home for home assessment OR a Clutter Image Rating Score of less than 2 or greater than 7.
• At risk for eviction
• Animal Hoarding or squalor of any kind

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York State Psychiatric Institute: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Linkovski O, Zwerling J, Cordell E, Sonnenfeld D, Willis H, La Lima CN, Baker C, Ghazzaoui R, Girson R, Sanchez C, Wright B, Alford M, Varias A, Filippou-Frye M, Shen H, Jo B, Shuer L, Frost RO, Rodriguez CI. Augmenting Buried in Treasures with in-home uncluttering practice: Pilot study in hoarding disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2018 Dec;107:145-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.10.001. Epub 2018 Oct 5.

  PMID: 30419524 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hoarding Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Anxiety Disorders; Mental Disorders

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez
• Organization: Columbia University

cr2163@stanford.edu

650-723-6158

Study Officials

• H Blair Simpson, MD, PhD

  Columbia-NYSPI-RFMH

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Chair for Inclusion and Diversity, Department of Psychiatry

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 26, 2015
• First Posted: March 4, 2015
• Study Start: February 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2015
• Study Completion: August 1, 2015
• Last Updated: February 11, 2020
• Results First Posted: February 11, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-02