Augmenting Buried in Treasures Workshop (BIT) With In-home Decluttering Practice for Individuals With Hoarding Disorder

Hoarding Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Augmenting Buried in Treasures Workshop (BIT) With In-home Decluttering Practice for Individuals With Hoarding Disorder

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02377986
• Other study ID #: 7073
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2015
• Est. completion date: August 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: New York State Psychiatric Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients participate in Buried in Treasures Workshop (BIT) that has been shown to improve symptoms of hoarding disorder. To target levels of clutter, the investigators are testing an intervention to add in-home decluttering practice to the BIT workshop.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 5
• Est. completion date: August 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older at consent

• Primary hoarding disorder, Saving Inventory Revised greater than or equal to 40.

• Clutter Image Rating Scale greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 7.

• Low risk for eviction

• English speaking

• Will and able to understand and complete consent procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hoarding disorder not primary

• Severely depressed individuals; Hamilton Depressions Rating Scale greater than 30 or judged clinically to be at risk of suicide with Columbia Suicide Severity Scale

• Unable or unwilling to allow study staff into home for home assessment OR a Clutter Image Rating Score of less than 2 or greater than 7.

• At risk for eviction

• Animal Hoarding or squalor of any kind

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hoarding Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• BIT+in-home decluterring
BIT Workshop + In-home decluttering practice
• In-Home Decluttering
In-home decluttering practice

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
New York State Psychiatric Institute

References & Publications (1)

Linkovski O, Zwerling J, Cordell E, Sonnenfeld D, Willis H, La Lima CN, Baker C, Ghazzaoui R, Girson R, Sanchez C, Wright B, Alford M, Varias A, Filippou-Frye M, Shen H, Jo B, Shuer L, Frost RO, Rodriguez CI. Augmenting Buried in Treasures with in-home un — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Savings Inventory Revised	The Saving Inventory-Revised scale (SI-R) is a 23-item questionnaire with 3 factor-analytically defined sub-scales for difficulty discarding, excessive clutter, and compulsive acquisition.; The total score (sum of 23 items) ranges from 0 to 92. Total score higher than 41 shows significant difficulty with clutter.; For the acquisition subscale we sum items 2 (reverse score), 9, 11, 14, 16, 18 and 21. The subscale ranges from 0 to 28 and score greater than 13 indicates difficulty with excessive acquisition.; For the difficulty discarding subscale we sum items 4(reverse score), 6, 7, 13, 17, 19, 23. The subscale ranges from 0 to 28 and score greater than 13 indicates difficulty with discarding.; For the clutter subscale we sum items 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 22. The subscale ranges from 0 to 36 and score greater than 15 indicates difficulty with accumulated clutter.	Change from baseline at 0, 12 weeks and 18 weeks after treatment start
Primary	Clutter Image Rating Scale	Three sets of photographs, each containing nine photos of a single room with varying levels of clutter. A selection is made as to which photograph best resembles their own home.; This scale assesses the clutter levels in the bedroom, living room and kitchen. The scale for each room ranges from 1 to 9. Clutter that reaches the level 4 indicates significant difficulty with clutter that affects the person's life.	Change from baseline at 0, 12 weeks and 18 weeks after treatment start