None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to compare the effectiveness of two online interventions for individuals with subclinical and mild OC symptoms. Through a randomised controlled design, we will compare the acceptability and effectiveness of the interventions in improving obsessions and compulsions, depression, anxiety, psychological flexibility and quality of life. We hypothesise that improvement in psychological flexibility will predict greater reduction in obsessions and compulsions and comorbid symptoms at post-treatment.
Interventions
The intervention is an online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) program called YOLO (You Only Live Once; Viskovich & Packenham, 2019). The program involves 4 modules that target the ACT processes: acceptance, defusing from thoughts, mindfulness and
observer self, and values and committed action. Participants are given 6 weeks to complete the modules in their own home and on a device that has an internet connection. Each module is 30-50 minutes in length, however consists of several small e
The intervention is an online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) program called YOLO (You Only Live Once; Viskovich & Packenham, 2019). The program involves 4 modules that target the ACT processes: acceptance, defusing from thoughts, mindfulness and observer self, and values and committed action. Participants are given 6 weeks to complete the modules in their own home and on a device that has an internet connection. Each module is 30-50 minutes in length, however consists of several small exercises of 5-10 minutes each, including animated presentations, you-tube clips, audio files and written exercises that are based on ACT. The intervention is not personalised to participants. Participants receive automated email reminders every 2-8 days to prompt engagement over the 6-week active intervention period. A standard automated email will be sent after a participant has completed a module, providing a recap of the module and skills to practice during the week. Adherence to the modules and the exercises within them will be monitored by the student researcher by accessing website analytics.
Sponsors
Monash University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will a) endorse sub-clinical or mild obsessive-compulsive symptoms, as define by Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) scores >11 and <32, and b) be fluent in English.
Exclusion criteria
The following exclusion criteria will be used to screen out severe presentations that potentially need more intensive or disorder-specific interventions, or to control for confounding impact of parallel treatment changes: (a) a history of psychotic symptoms (b) acute suicidal tendencies, (c) or have begun or modified psychiatric or psychological treatment within 8 weeks of beginning the study,
Outcome results
None listed