Evaluation of an online intervention based on metacognitive training for individuals hearing voices

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00017476

Enrollment

Registered

2019-06-13

Start date

2020-10-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Voice hearing

Interventions

Group 1: interventional = anonymous online pre assessment

six week working on the self-help intervention “Stimmenhören” (Voice-Hearing) by the intervention group, which is sent as a PDF file by E-Mail

anonymous online post-assessment after 6 weeks Group 2: wait-list control group = receives no additional treatment during the intervention period (but may, for example continue previously scheduled tr

receives access to the intervention after completion of the post-assessment together with another self-help manual on mindfulness

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Self-reported voice hearing • consent to participate in study (informed consent) • internet access • sufficient command of the German language • willingness to participate in two anonymous online surveys, each of which lasts approx. 25-30 minutes • willingness to participate in a 6-week training program • willingness to use the program on one's own responsibility • willingness to provide an e-mail address

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Acute suicidal tendencies

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Score of the hallucination subscale of the "Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales" (PSYRATS; Haddock et al., 1999).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
• Score of the hallucination subscale of the "Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales" (PSYRATS; Haddock et al., 1999): Self-assessment questionnaire to assess hallucinatory experiences in the last two weeks (pre-assessment); in the last week (post-assessment). • Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale - (LSHS-R): Self-assessment questionnaire to assess hallucinatory experiences in the last two weeks (pre-assessment); in the last week (post-assessment). • Sensory Properties of Depression Questionnaire (SPDQ): Self-assessment questionnaire to determine the relationship between depressive thoughts and sensations (olfactory, tactile, physical, acoustic, visual; pre- and post-assessment). • Community Assessment of Psychiatric Experience (CAPE): Self-assessment questionnaire to record positive, depressive and negative symptoms in the last two weeks (pre-assessment); in the last week (post-assessment). • Thinking Scale: Self-assessment questionnaires assessing acoustic, autonomous, exotic and authentic perception of normal thoughts (pre- and post-assessment) • Quality of life (WHO-QOL-BREF): Global value of the self-assessment questionnaire; measures the quality of life at the current time (pre- and post-assessment). • University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (URICA): Self-assessment measuring the will to change (pre-assessment). • Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ): Item for recording treatment expectancy (pre-assessment • Questionnaire on patient satisfaction in modified version (“Fragebogen zur Patientenzufriedenheit”, ZUF-8): Self-assessment questionnaire assessing the global patient satisfaction at the end of a treatment (at post-assessment).	—

Measure

Time frame

• Score of the hallucination subscale of the "Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales" (PSYRATS; Haddock et al., 1999): Self-assessment questionnaire to assess hallucinatory experiences in the last two weeks (pre-assessment); in the last week (post-assessment). • Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale - (LSHS-R): Self-assessment questionnaire to assess hallucinatory experiences in the last two weeks (pre-assessment); in the last week (post-assessment). • Sensory Properties of Depression Questionnaire (SPDQ): Self-assessment questionnaire to determine the relationship between depressive thoughts and sensations (olfactory, tactile, physical, acoustic, visual; pre- and post-assessment). • Community Assessment of Psychiatric Experience (CAPE): Self-assessment questionnaire to record positive, depressive and negative symptoms in the last two weeks (pre-assessment); in the last week (post-assessment). • Thinking Scale: Self-assessment questionnaires assessing acoustic, autonomous, exotic and authentic perception of normal thoughts (pre- and post-assessment) • Quality of life (WHO-QOL-BREF): Global value of the self-assessment questionnaire; measures the quality of life at the current time (pre- and post-assessment). • University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (URICA): Self-assessment measuring the will to change (pre-assessment). • Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ): Item for recording treatment expectancy (pre-assessment • Questionnaire on patient satisfaction in modified version (“Fragebogen zur Patientenzufriedenheit”, ZUF-8): Self-assessment questionnaire assessing the global patient satisfaction at the end of a treatment (at post-assessment).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSteffen Moritz

oUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Arbeitsgruppe Klinische Neuropsychologie

moritz@uke.de+49 40 7410 56565

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026