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Behavioral Intervention

Values Clarification Condition for Hoarding

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Led By Jennifer Krafft, PhD

Research Sponsored by Mississippi State University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

18 years or older

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up after using first website session (approximately 0-1 weeks after baseline)

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Study Summary

This trial aims to see if a mobile app with writing prompts can help people with hoarding issues to feel more motivated and organized. Participants will be randomly placed into different groups to see if the writing prompts

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults in the USA who own a smartphone and are seeking help for hoarding issues. They must meet certain scores on clutter and hoarding assessment scales to participate.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study tests two mobile apps designed to help with decluttering: one uses values clarification prompts, while the other focuses on self-reflection. Participants will be randomly placed into an experimental group, a placebo group, or a waitlist.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves using mobile applications for psychological intervention, there may not be physical side effects. However, participants might experience emotional discomfort or distress during the process.

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Inclusion Criteria

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I am 18 years old or older.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ after using first website session (approximately 0-1 weeks after baseline)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~after using first website session (approximately 0-1 weeks after baseline)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and after using first website session (approximately 0-1 weeks after baseline) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures

Saving Inventory - Revised (SI-R; Frost et al., 2004)

Secondary outcome measures

Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Hoarding (AAQH; Krafft et al., 2019)

Activities of Daily Living in Hoarding Scale (ADL-H; Frost et al., 2013)

Clutter Image Rating (CIR; Frost et al., 2008)

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Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Placebo Group

Group I: Values Clarification ConditionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will be asked to respond to values clarification prompts twice a day over 28 days [4 weeks]. In each session, participants will receive a randomly assigned writing prompt from a pool of four categories: hierarchical, conditional, distinction, and perspective-taking prompts. In the initial session, participants will be asked to respond to a brief set of questions pertaining to their hoarding behavior in the past 12 hours and their motivation to declutter right now. From that point on, participants will respond to a brief set of questions before each writing prompt pertaining to their hoarding behaviors in the time since the previous writing prompt. After the writing prompt, they will be asked about how motivated they are to declutter right now. Each writing prompt is anticipated to take up to 10 minutes to complete and participants will receive notifications to use the app twice daily in addition email reminders twice a week to engage with the app.

Group II: Waitlist ConditionActive Control1 Intervention

Participants assigned to the waitlist will not receive access to any intervention for 8 weeks. After 8 weeks, they will receive access to either the values clarification or self-reflection mobile application.

Group III: Self-Reflection ConditionPlacebo Group1 Intervention

Participants in this condition will be asked to respond to a set of randomly selected self-reflection prompts twice a day over 28 days [4 weeks]. As with the experimental condition, participants in the initial session will be asked to respond to a brief set of questions pertaining to their hoarding behavior in the past 12 hours and their motivation to declutter right now. From that point on, participants will be asked to respond to a brief set of questions before each writing prompt pertaining to their hoarding behaviors in the time since the previous writing prompt. After the writing prompt, they will be asked about how motivated they are to declutter right now. Each writing prompt is anticipated to take up to 10 minutes to complete, and participants will receive notifications to use the app twice daily in addition to email reminders twice a week to engage with the app.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Mississippi State UniversityLead Sponsor

7 Previous Clinical Trials

3,157 Total Patients Enrolled

Jennifer Krafft, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorMississippi State University

1 Previous Clinical Trials

64 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are individuals currently able to apply and participate in this ongoing research study?

"According to the information provided on clinicaltrials.gov, this research study is presently seeking eligible participants. Originally uploaded on November 1st, 2023, it was last revised on February 20th of the following year."

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What is the current number of individuals being admitted into this research investigation?

"Indeed, the information found on clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this investigation is presently in need of participants. The trial was originally posted on November 1st, 2023 and its most recent update occurred on February 20th, 2024. The study aims to enroll a total of 124 patients from a single designated facility."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

An Initial Test of Prototype Mobile App Interventions for Decluttering

Jennifer Krafft 2023. "An Initial Test of Prototype Mobile App Interventions for Decluttering". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06108245.