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

February 4, 2020 updated by: Carolyn I. Rodriguez, New York State Psychiatric Institute
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

5

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Experimental: BIT+In-home Decluttering
Patients who have not received the BIT workshop through our previous study (IRB 6681) will receive BIT+in-home decluttering practice.
Behavioral: BIT+in-home decluterring
BIT Workshop + In-home decluttering practice
Behavioral: In-Home Decluttering
In-home decluttering practice

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Savings Inventory Revised
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 0, 12 weeks and 18 weeks after treatment start

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
Clutter Image Rating Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 0, 12 weeks and 18 weeks after treatment start

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

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2015

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

August 1, 2015

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

August 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 26, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2015

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 4, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 11, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 4, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

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Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 7073

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