What Are You Looking for? Psychometric and Experimental Analyses of Reassurance Seeking in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

NCT02909660 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: 30006114
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 7
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the efficacy and acceptability of two cognitive-behavioural interventions for reassurance seeking behaviour in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a family accommodation reduction protocol vs. a novel support-seeking protocol. Half of participants will be randomly assigned to participate in the support-seeking intervention, whereas the other half will participate in the family accommodation reduction intervention.

Conditions

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Self-reported reassurance seeking behaviour

  Number of times participants self-report seeking reassurance per day

  5 weeks (baseline through 3 week follow-up)

• Self-reported support-seeking behaviour

  Number of times participants in the support-seeking condition self-report seeking reassurance per day

  4 weeks (condition assignment through 3 week follow-up)

• Self-reported anxiety

  Level of anxiety on average per day, self-rated from 0-100

  5 weeks (baseline monitoring through 3 week follow-up)

• One-week follow-up: Treatment Acceptability and Adherence Scale (TAAS; Milosevic, Levy, Alcolado, & Radomsky, 2015)

  Validated questionnaire assessing how acceptable participants find an intervention as well as ease of adherence.

  One-week follow-up

• One-week follow-up: Endorsement and Discomfort Scales (EDS; Tarrier, Liversidge, & Gregg, 2006)

  Validated questionnaire assessing acceptability of and discomfort caused by an intervention.

  One-week follow-up

• Three-week follow-up: Treatment Acceptability and Adherence Scale (TAAS; Milosevic, Levy, Alcolado, & Radomsky, 2015)

  Validated questionnaire assessing how acceptable participants find an intervention as well as ease of adherence.

  Three-week follow-up

• Three-week follow-up: Endorsement and Discomfort Scales (EDS; Tarrier, Liversidge, & Gregg, 2006)

  Validated questionnaire assessing acceptability of and discomfort caused by an intervention.

  Three-week follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in self-reported reassurance-seeking

  Baseline to one-week follow-up and baseline to three-week follow-up

• Change in anxiety

  Baseline (monitoring week 1) to end of reassurance provision week (monitoring week 2)

Study Arms (2)

Support-seeking intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive-behavioural therapy intervention that guides participants to seek support rather than reassurance; participants' significant others are asked to provide support rather than reassurance.

Other: Cognitive-behavioural therapy

Family accommodation reduction intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Cognitive-behavioural therapy intervention that guides participants' significant others to withhold reassurance when it is requested; participants are asked to refrain from seeking reassurance.

Other: Cognitive-behavioural therapy

Interventions

Cognitive-behavioural therapy OTHER

Empirically-supported psychological intervention for various mental health concerns including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Includes components to foster cognitive (i.e., thinking) and behavioural changes.

Family accommodation reduction intervention; Support-seeking intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Diagnosis of OCD
• Engaging in reassurance seeking more than once a day about the same thing
• Willingness to allow the experimenter to contact a significant other from whom the participant seeks reassurance regularly
• Ability to read, write, and communicate in English

You may not qualify if:

• Current suicidal ideation/intent
• Current substance abuse
• Psychosis
• Diagnosis of bipolar disorder (I or II)
• If participants are on medication they must be on a stable dose (i.e., have maintained a consistent dose for at least three months) and agree not to change their medication regimen for the duration of the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Concordia University, Montreal: lead

Study Sites (1)

Concordia University

Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Anxiety Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Doctoral student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 14, 2016
• First Posted: September 21, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2017
• Study Completion: November 1, 2017
• Last Updated: December 12, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)