SaveMySkin: A Pilot Study about an Internet- and Smartphone-based Self-Help Intervention for Skin Picking.

SaveMySkin: A Pilot Study about an Internet- and Smartphone-based Self-Help Intervention for Skin Picking. - SaveMySkin

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00015236

Enrollment

100

Registered

2018-08-13

Start date

2018-10-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

DSM-5 Excoriation (Skin Picking) Disorder F63.9

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group participants can use the online self-help intervention „SaveMySkin“ for three month. Study assessments via online self-report measures take place at baseline, six weeks lat

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

17 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -SPS-R Score = 7 -Age = 17 years -sufficient German language skills -Smartphone -Internetaccess

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
a) Attitudes, expectations and user satisfaction: Attitudes and expectations towards information and communication (ICT) based intervention programs at baseline and user satisfaction after participation b) Adherence: Extent to which the intervention group uses the program (assessed via automatic documentation in the data bank of the program) and dropout-rate c) Willingness to participate d) Rough estimation of intervention effects: Skin picking severity is assessed with the German version of the Skin Picking Scale-Revised (Gallinat, Keuthen, & Backenstrass, 2016).	—

Measure

Time frame

a) Attitudes, expectations and user satisfaction: Attitudes and expectations towards information and communication (ICT) based intervention programs at baseline and user satisfaction after participation b) Adherence: Extent to which the intervention group uses the program (assessed via automatic documentation in the data bank of the program) and dropout-rate c) Willingness to participate d) Rough estimation of intervention effects: Skin picking severity is assessed with the German version of the Skin Picking Scale-Revised (Gallinat, Keuthen, & Backenstrass, 2016).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
a) Eligibility of applied questionnaires: Distribution parameter for the evaluation of potential ceiling and floor effects b) Feasibility of organizational processes: recruitment, randomization c) Rough estimation of intervention effects on secondary outcomes: General mental impairment is assessed with the Clinical Psychological Diagnosis System 38 (Percevic et al., 2005). Additionally, the German version of the Skin Picking Impact Scale (SPIS; Mehrmann, Hunger, & Gerlach, 2017) is applied to measure skin picking related psychosocial impairment. The dimensions of skin picking (focused vs. automatic) are evaluated with the German translation of the Milawaukee Inventory for the Dimensions of Adult Skin Picking (MIDAS; Walther, Fleyyner, Conelea, & Woods, 2009). Emotion regulation strategies are assessed by the Heidelberg Form for Emotion Regulation Strategies (HFERST; Izadpanah, Barnow, Neubaer, & Holl, 2017)	—

Measure

Time frame

a) Eligibility of applied questionnaires: Distribution parameter for the evaluation of potential ceiling and floor effects b) Feasibility of organizational processes: recruitment, randomization c) Rough estimation of intervention effects on secondary outcomes: General mental impairment is assessed with the Clinical Psychological Diagnosis System 38 (Percevic et al., 2005). Additionally, the German version of the Skin Picking Impact Scale (SPIS; Mehrmann, Hunger, & Gerlach, 2017) is applied to measure skin picking related psychosocial impairment. The dimensions of skin picking (focused vs. automatic) are evaluated with the German translation of the Milawaukee Inventory for the Dimensions of Adult Skin Picking (MIDAS; Walther, Fleyyner, Conelea, & Woods, 2009). Emotion regulation strategies are assessed by the Heidelberg Form for Emotion Regulation Strategies (HFERST; Izadpanah, Barnow, Neubaer, & Holl, 2017)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristina Gallinat

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Forschungsstelle für Psychotherapie

Christina.Gallinat@med.uni-heidelberg.de06221-567381

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 22, 2026