An inday schematherapy for patients with personality problems

ISRCTN ISRCTN14550847
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN14550847
Secondary identifying numbers indayST
Submission date
08/03/2018
Registration date
03/05/2018
Last edited
01/05/2018
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Background and study aims
Patients with long-lasting psychological problems quite often have pitfalls/ life traps which they find hard to change and which interfere with their daily functioning. For example patients have the idea that they are worthless and avoid certain tasks or people as they have the idea that they will fail or that people are not interested in them. Schematherapy is a psychotherapy which helps people break through these negative life patterns and enables them to respond in a more healthy way. This study looked into patient files to explore whether patients who followed an intensive schematherapy programme experienced a reduction in their pitfalls and psychological problems.

Who can participate?
Adult patients with personality problems and/ or long-lasting Axis-I disorders, who have followed an inday schematherapy program at the mental health care hospital GGZ Delfland in Delft in the period of 2006-2008

What does the study involve?
Patients’ files are studied to find out to what extent patients who had followed this program had a reduced psychological symptom level at the end of the 9-month treatment program.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Since only patient files were studied and no additional interventions were done, there were no additional benefits or risks for patients.

Where is the study run from?
GGZ Delfland (Netherlands)

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
July 2006 to July 2008

Who is funding the study?
GGZ Delfland (Netherlands)

Who is the main contact?
J. Broersen

Contact information

Miss J. Broersen
Public

Keizersgracht 188-G
Amsterdam
1016 DW
Netherlands

Study information

Study designObservational longitudinal case-control study
Primary study designObservational
Secondary study designCase-control study
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleAn open label trial of an inday schematherapy for patients with personality problems
Study objectivesPatients in treatment of the inday schematherapy will show improvements on psychological symptoms and maladaptive schemas and modes.
Ethics approval(s)Since this study involved going through patients files of patients who have been treated with an inday schematherapy and patients did not have to do anything extra for this study under the Dutch law no ethical approval from an ethical committee has to be asked for
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedPersonality problems
InterventionIn this study the patient files were studied of 38 adult male/female patients with personality problems and/or long-lasting Axis-I disorders, who have followed an inday schematherapy program at the mental health care hospital GGZ Delfland in Delft in the period of 2006-2008. It was looked for to what extent patients who had followed this program had a reduced psychological symptom level at the end of this treatment program which had a duration of 9 months.
Intervention typeBehavioural
Primary outcome measureSeverity of psychological problems, measured using Brief Symptom inventory (BSI) before the start of the inday treatment, after 3 months during treatment and 7 months after the second measurement
Secondary outcome measuresMeasured before the start of the inday treatment, after 3 months during treatment and 7 months after the second measurement:
1. Severity of personality problems, measured using the Personality Disorder Questionnaire (PDQ)
2. Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) measures 16 schemas as defined by Jeffrey Young
3. Schema Mode Inventory (SMI) measures 14 modes as defined by Jeffrey Young
Overall study start date01/07/2006
Completion date31/07/2008

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants40
Key inclusion criteria1. Personality problems or long-lasting Axis-I disorders
2. Being able to speak and read the Dutch language
3. Willing to participate in a group psychotherapy
Key exclusion criteriaHaving schizophrenia or being in such a crisis that submission to a psychiatric hospital was the first choice of intervention
Date of first enrolment03/07/2006
Date of final enrolment01/10/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Netherlands

Study participating centre

GGZ Delfland
2612 GA

Sponsor information

GGZ Delfland
Hospital/treatment centre

Sint Jorisweg 2
Delft
2612 GA
Netherlands

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Funders

Funder type

Hospital/treatment centre

GGZ Delfland

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date01/10/2020
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareYes
IPD sharing plan summaryAvailable on request
Publication and dissemination planIt is the intention to publish an article in an English scientific psychology journal
IPD sharing planThe datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are/will be available upon request from J. Broersen. For privacy reasons only the outcomes of the questionnaires (BSI, PDQ, YSQ, SMI) will be shared and no other information. It will only be shared with researchers with a PhD and only after they have clearly and plainly stated for what reasons they want to have access to the data, how they will use the data and only when they state that they inform the contact person at any time about the process of the use of the data and allow the contact person to block further use of the data in any form at any time.