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.

  1. Alexithymia and Trichotillomania correlated and regression analyses find association between them
  2. we will be able to find patient who have never been treated before. Those will suffer to the same amount as previously treated patients
  3. Decoupling will be more helpful than progressive muscle relaxation
  4. 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