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In-home Decluttering Augmentation of Group CBT for HD

Sweden90 participantsStarted 2021-01-29

Plain-language summary

The primary aim of trial is to determine the clinical efficacy of in-home decluttering augmentation of group CBT for reducing hoarding severity in adults with HD. The trial takes place in Sweden.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Age 18 years or older.
✓. Hoarding disorder as primary psychiatric condition.
✓. Willing and able to understand and complete consent and study procedures.
✓. Living in the Stockholm county (Sweden) and within a 1-hour commute by public transport from the social services office.

Exclusion criteria

✕. Concurrent CBT or having received CBT for HD during the last two years, for a minimum of 8 sessions including active strategies for reducing acquisition and practice of discarding with a qualified therapist or 8 previous in-home decluttering sessions with a qualified social worker.
✕. Unable or unwilling to allow study staff into home for home assessment.
✕. Animal hoarding or squalid (i.e. extremely unhygienic) home conditions that are deemed to put the personnel at risk during the in-home decluttering.
✕. A diagnosis of organic brain disorder, intellectual disability, psychosis, bipolar disorder without stable medication or with symptoms within the last 6 months, anorexia nervosa or alcohol/substance dependence or abuse.
✕. Major medical or neurological conditions that increase the risk of participation or that would prevent completing assigned behavioral practice tasks.
✕. Immediate risk to self or others, requiring urgent medical attention, such as high suicidality risk.
✕. Participant not able to read and communicate in Swedish.
✕. Currently at high risk for eviction (for instance having received a "rättelseanmaning" by the housing company or Swedish court).

What they're measuring

Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R)

Timeframe: Change from baseline (week 0) to post-treatment (week 10),

Clutter Image Rating Scale (CIR)

Timeframe: Change from baseline (week 0) to post-treatment (week 10).

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04712474

SponsorKarolinska Institutet

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-02-27

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