CompletedNot Applicable

Decision-making Impairments in OCD: An Integrated Behavioral Economics Model

United States69 participantsStarted 2018-05-03

Plain-language summary

The investigators are examining whether conditions of ambiguity during decision-making may prime intolerance of uncertainty beliefs (i.e., difficulties coping with ambiguity, unpredictability, and the future) and lead to impaired performance when individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are making uncertain decisions compared to non-psychiatric controls.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults (age 18+) * Meet DSM-5 criteria for principal OCD (OCD group) or no current DSM-5 diagnosis (NPC group). * Sufficient fluency of English to understand study procedures and questionnaires * Ability to provide informed consent. * Comfortable and capable of using a computer to complete computer-based decision-making tasks. Exclusion Criteria: * Color-blindness (which prevents completion of certain tasks) * Acute psychosis, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, or suicidality. All other diagnostic comorbidities will be permitted to foster the accrual of a clinically relevant sample. * Serious neurological disorder or impairment (e.g., brain damage, blindness), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), intellectual disability, or autism.

What they're measuring

Ambiguity aversion score on the Risk and Ambiguity Task

Timeframe: Day 1

Average adjusted pump scores on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART)

Timeframe: Day 1

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03420495

SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-11-15

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