This study will be done with aim to determine the effect of early emotional freedom technique on impulsiveness and emotional schemas of methamphetamine addicts in Kermanshah city. This study is a non blinded clinical trial. The study population will consisted of all methamphetamine addicted men that refer to Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah that 80 persons will selected in available method and randomly will be divided into two groups (40 patients exprimental group and 40 patients in control group).The exprimental and control group will completed the Barratt impulsiveness and Leahy emotional schemas questionnaires. The experimental group will received group training emotional freedom techniques 8 sessions in one and a half hours and the control group will not receive any tests. After the end of the study (two months later) the Barratt impulsiveness and Leahy emotional schemas questionnaires will be provided and both groups will compared in terms of impulsivity and emotional schemas. After the end of the study in order to maintain ethics and the rights of research participants,Control group also will received group training emotional freedom techniques.
Inclusion criteria: Gender Male; Methamphetamine dependence diagnoses accordingly Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition; The dominant use of methamphetamine for at least 6 months, lack of serious psychiatric disorders.
Exclusion criteria: Gender female; No use of other drugs and stimulants at the time of entering the study; The absence of comorbid psychiatric disorders symptoms.
General information
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT2016011923705N3
Registration date:2016-03-09, 1394/12/19
Registration timing:registered_while_recruiting
Last update:
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Registration date
2016-03-09, 1394/12/19
Registrant information
Name
Mostafa Alikhani
Name of organization / entity
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences - Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 838264513
Email address
mo.alikhani@kums.ac.ir
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Vice chancellor for research, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Expected recruitment start date
2016-02-20, 1394/12/01
Expected recruitment end date
2016-06-21, 1395/04/01
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
The effect of training early emotional freedom technique on Impulsiveness and emotional schemas of methamphetamine addicts
Public title
The effect of early emotional freedom technique on Impulsivity and emotional schemas methamphetamine addicts
Purpose
Treatment
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Gender Male; Methamphetamine dependence diagnoses accordingly Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition; The dominant use of methamphetamine for at least 6 months, lack of serious psychiatric disorders.
Exclusion criteria: Gender female; No use of other drugs and stimulants at the time of entering the study; The absence of comorbid psychiatric disorders symptoms
Age
No age limit
Gender
Male
Phase
2
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
80
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Randomly by tusing coin
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Street address
Building No.2, Shahid Beheshti, Vice Chancellor for Research Affairs, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
City
Kermanshah
Postal code
Approval date
2016-01-05, 1394/10/15
Ethics committee reference number
kums.rec.1394.278
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
Addiction
ICD-10 code
F15
ICD-10 code description
Mental and behavioral disorders due to use of other stimulants, including caffeine: dependence syndromes
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Impulsivity
Timepoint
Baseline and two months after intervention
Method of measurement
Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BSI)
2
Description
Emotional Schema
Timepoint
Baseline and two months after intervention
Method of measurement
Emotional Schema Scale (ESS-P)
Secondary outcomes
empty
Intervention groups
1
Description
The experimental group will received group training emotional freedom techniques 8 sessions in one and a half hours
Category
Behavior
2
Description
The control group will not receive any tests
Category
N/A
Recruitment centers
1
Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Farabi Hospital
Full name of responsible person
Street address
City
Kermanshah
Sponsors / Funding sources
1
Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Vice chancellor for research, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Koroush Hamzehee
Street address
Building No.2, Shahid Beheshti, Vice Chancellor for Research Affairs, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Kermanshah
City
Kermanshah
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Vice chancellor for research, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
empty
Domestic or foreign origin
empty
Category of foreign source of funding
empty
Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
empty
Person responsible for general inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Razi University
Full name of responsible person
Safoura Salemi
Position
Psychologist
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Faculty of Social Science, Opp to Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Blvd
City
Kermanshah
Postal code
Phone
+98 83 3421 1963
Fax
Email
s_salemi85@yahoo.com
Web page address
Person responsible for scientific inquiries
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Razi University
Full name of responsible person
Adeleh Zehtabnajafi
Position
Psychologist
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Faculty of Social Science, Opp to Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Blvd
City
Kermanshah
Postal code
Phone
+98 83 3421 1963
Fax
Email
Khatonn@yahoo.com
Web page address
Person responsible for updating data
Contact
Name of organization / entity
Razi University
Full name of responsible person
Position
Psychologist
Other areas of specialty/work
Street address
Faculty of Social Science, Opp to Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Blvd
City
Kermanshah
Postal code
Phone
+98 83 3826 4513
Fax
Email
Mo.alikhani@kums.ac.ir
Web page address
Sharing plan
Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)