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Observational studyBMJ open2016

Brief strategic therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a clinical and research protocol of a one-group observational study.

Giada Pietrabissa, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Padraic Gibson, Donald Boardman, Alessio Gori, Gianluca Castelnuovo

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Observational study in BMJ open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Giada PietrabissaPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Oggebbio (VCO), Italy Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Italy.
Gian Mauro ManzoniPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Oggebbio (VCO), Italy Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Novedrate, Como, Italy.
Padraic GibsonBateson Clinic, Dublin, Ireland Dublin City University, Ireland The OCD Clinic Dublin, Ireland Strategic Therapy Center, Arezzo, Italy Hesed House, Dublin, Ireland.
Donald BoardmanHesed House, Dublin, Ireland.
Alessio GoriDepartment of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Italy.
Gianluca CastelnuovoPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Oggebbio (VCO), Italy Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling psychopathology. The mainstay of treatment includes cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and medication management. However, individual suffering, functional impairments as well as the direct and indirect costs associated with the disease remain substantial. New treatment programmes are necessary and the brief strategic therapy (BST) has recently shown encouraging results in clinical practice but no quantitative study has as yet been conducted. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The clinical effectiveness of the OCD-specific BST protocol will be evaluated in a one-group observational study. Participants will be sequentially recruited from a state community psychotherapy clinic in Dublin, Ireland. Outcome measures will be the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Data will be collected at baseline, at treatment termination and at 3 month follow-up. The statistical significance of the post-treatment effect will be assessed by the paired-sample Student t test, while clinical significance will be evaluated by means of the equivalence testing method, which will be also used to assess the maintenance of effect at follow-up. ETHICS/DISSEMINATION: The present study is approved by the Hesed House Ethics Board in Dublin. Findings will enhance the evidence-based knowledge about the clinical effectiveness of BST in treating OCD symptoms, prior to assessing its efficacy in a randomised and controlled clinical trial, and will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.

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Research DesignCognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansIrelandObsessive-Compulsive DisorderPsychiatric Status Rating Scales

Identifiers

PMID27013594
PMCPMC4809083

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