DSM-5: Dermatillomania (skin picking disorde) F63.9
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Initial diagnostics: SCID-I interview, questionnaires on psychological symptoms and picking behaviors.
1. Week picking-diary (5x per day SMS on own smartphone with a link to a short online
4-7 questions regarding current picking urge and behavior)
2. Week picking diary (5 x per day, see above)
Access to “Knibbelstopp”-contents (via own login), no time restriction (recommendation 6-8 we
4-7 questions regarding current picking urge and behavior)
- waiting period: 2 weeks -
2. Week picking diary (5 x per day, see above)
Access to “Knibbelstopp”-contents (via own login), no time res
4-7 questions regarding current picking urge and behavior)
- waiting period: 4 weeks -
2. Week picking diary (5 x per day, see above)
Access to “Knibbelstopp”-contents (via own login), no time rest
Sponsors
Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie Universtiät zu Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 55 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: People suffering from skin picking, aged 18 to 55. Skin picking should result in significant impairment regarding working, managing the household or interacting with other people during the past four weeks. Total score on mSPS-D > 7 (cutoff). Participants should have the technical resources needed for the online-diary and online self-help program.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Current substance abuse or addiction (apart from nicotine), current psychotic or bipolar disorder; suicidality, current psychotherapeutic treatment for skin picking.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Before the participants start with the online-selfhelp program and when they begin with the last chapter (chapter 10; approximatley 6-8 weeks after they started), participants keep a diary of their picking behavior with five entries per day at a fixed schedule (for two weeks before they start the online-selfhelp programm, one week at the beginning of the last chapter). At the beginning of the study, before starting with chapter 1, after chapter 5, 9 and 10, the following questionnaires are being completed via an online-survey: Skin Picking Scale, modified german version (mSPS-D; Mehrmann, Hunger, & Ger-lach, submitted for publication) Skin Picking Impact Scale, german version (SPIS-D shortform; Mehrmann, Hunger, & Gerlach, submitted for publication) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following questionnaires are completed at the beginning of the study and at the end of the last chapter of the online-selfhelp program, as well as at both follow-up measurements 3 and 6 month later, via an online-survey: Shortform of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18; Franke, 2000, Spitzer et al., 2011) Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, german version (Petermann, 2011) Simplified Beck Depression Inventory, german version (BDI-V, Schmitt, Altstotter-Gleich, Hinz, Maes, & Brahler, 2006) Questionnaire for the assessment of resources and self- management skills (FERUS; Jack, 2007). | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactLinda Mehrmann
Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und PsychotherapieUniversität zu Köln
Outcome results
None listed