NCT05993286

Treatment of Misophonia: Comparison of Exposure and Sound Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 76 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of possible treatments in misophonics. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Is exposure more effective on misophonic symptoms than sound therapy? Participants are randomly assinged to three groups of treatment; 1. Psychoeducation 2. Psychoeducation + Exposure 3. Psychoeducation + Sound Therapy

Conditions

• Misophonia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exposure Therapy	At Week 0, the homework was to expose oneself to these sounds for 20 minutes a day, three days a week for three weeks. At the Week 3 interview, the frequency and severity of the homework were adjusted based on the degree of improvement in the symptoms and the person's adherence to the instructions.
OTHER	Sound Therapy	Participants were asked to listen to specifically modulated music for twenty minutes a day, three days a week, for the first three weeks. At the Week 3 assessment, if the patient reported no or little benefit in their misophonia symptoms, the instruction was modified (intensified) to listening to the same music for forty minutes a day, three days a week.
OTHER	Psychoeducation	A psychoeducation session, prepared by the research team was delivered by the investigator to each patient at the study intake.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-04-01
• Completion: 2021-04-01
• First posted: 2023-08-15
• Last updated: 2023-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)