Clinical Trial: Online Treatment of Trichotillomania
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Decoupling as Internet Based Intervention: an Randomized Controlled Study to Treat Trichotillomania
Brief Summary:
Online study for patients with trichotillomania. 4 main hypothesis.
- Alexithymia and Trichotillomania correlated and regression analyses find association between them
- we will be able to find patient who have never been treated before. Those will suffer to the same amount as previously treated patients
- Decoupling will be more helpful than progressive muscle relaxation
- different constructs of emotion regulation will show different trait and state characteristics in patients with trichotillomania
Detailed Summary: Randomized controlled trial with about 100 participants.
Sponsor: University of Zurich
Current Primary Outcome: Severity of trichotillomania [ Time Frame: 7 months ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: alexithymia [ Time Frame: 7 months ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: University of Zurich
Dates:
Date Received: January 21, 2014
Date Started: August 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: May 9, 2016
Last Verified: May 2016