Impact of Therapist Change on Dropout in a Naturalistic Sample of Inpatients With Borderline Pathology Receiving DBT

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
• Main ID: NCT03018639
• Date of registration: 09/01/2017
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld gGmbH
• Public title: Impact of Therapist Change on Dropout in a Naturalistic Sample of Inpatients With Borderline Pathology Receiving DBT
• Scientific title: Impact of Therapist Change After Initial Contact and Traumatic Burden on Dropout in a Naturalistic Sample of Inpatients With Borderline Pathology Receiving Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Date of first enrolment: December 2012
• Target sample size: 89
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03018639
• Study type: Observational
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Germany

Contacts

• Name: Martin Driessen
• Affiliation: Research Department, Ev. Krankenhaus Bielefeld

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- three or more criteria for BPD as defined by DSM-IV (Borderline Personality
characteristics; BPC)

Exclusion Criteria:

- inability to contract and consent,

- other severe mental disorders (bipolar disorder, acute psychosis),

- current alcohol,

- illicit or not prescribed drug use,

- simultaneous participation in other treatment studies,

- pregnancy or breastfeeding,

- an inability to negotiate a non-suicide agreement,

- ongoing traumatic contact with the perpetrator, and

- a Body Mass Index < 16.5.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Borderline Personality Disorder

PostTraumatic Stress Disorder

Dropout

Psychotherapy

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Primary Outcome(s)

Dropout [Time Frame: 10 weeks]

Secondary ID(s)

DBT_dropout

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors