Effects of TDCS on improvement of obsessive compulsive symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Effects of trancecranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) on improvement of obsessive compulsive symptoms, quality of life, depression, and cognitive functions in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A QEEG-Based Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20200518047492N1

Enrollment

Registered

2020-08-17

Start date

2020-06-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-09-07

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Conditions

obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Electrical stimulation for 20 minutes at an intensity of 1 mA. Intervention 2: Intervention group: Electrical stimulation for 20 minutes at an intensity of 2 mA. In

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 18 to 40 literacy to read and write OCD according to DSM-5 criteria Willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: severe mental illness, History of stroke, serious neurologic symptoms including seizures, Brain Surgery, Brain tumor, CSF shunt in the brain, snail planting, physical tools in the body, serious physical illness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Obsessive compulsive symptoms. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Yale Brown Questionnaire.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: quality of life Questionnaire.;Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Beck-II Questionnaire.;Cognitive functions. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Wisconsin cards.;Quantitative Electroencephalographic Changes (QEEG). Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Quantitative Electroencephalographic.	—

Measure

Time frame

Obsessive compulsive symptoms. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Yale Brown Questionnaire.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: quality of life Questionnaire.;Depression. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Beck-II Questionnaire.;Cognitive functions. Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Wisconsin cards.;Quantitative Electroencephalographic Changes (QEEG). Timepoint: Before the intervention, after the intervention and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Quantitative Electroencephalographic.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr Behnam Molaei

Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

b.molaei@arums.ac.ir+98 45 3372 8005

Outcome results

None listed

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