Pain perception and skin-picking

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00029927

Enrollment

102

Registered

2022-07-28

Start date

2022-08-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

healthy participants

Interventions

Group 1: Application of 4 electrocutanous stimuli: 6 mA, 16mA, 26 mA, 36mA Group 2: 3 Groups: no Skin-picking (SPS-R = 0)

moderate (1-6), extreme skin-picking (> 6) defined based on questionnaire scores

Skin-picking scale revised (Gallinat, 2016)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: age > 18

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: reported skin diseases, mental disorder, psychotropic medication/ pain medication

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rating of the pain stimuli via Likert scales (0 -100); according to unpleasantness, intensity Rating of one's affective state (0-100); pleasantness, arousal	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Rating: urge to pick one's skin (0 -100)	—

Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactAnne Schienle

Universität Graz

anne.schienle@uni-graz.at+43 316 380-5086

Outcome results

None listed

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