NCT06616350

Impact of EsTOCma on OCD Family Members

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 211 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of esTOCma in families and relatives of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Specifically, a randomized controlled trial with two conditions (experimental and control) has been carried out in a sample of families and relatives of individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder to assess pre-post-intervention changes. Researchers will compare experimental and control group to see if after using the app there is: lower stigma, higher knowledge and understanding about OCD, higher intention to seek help, and higher self-esteem and lower obsessive-compulsive symptoms. and there are no changes in the control group. The experimental group received the intervention through the esTOCma app.

Conditions

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	esTOCma: an app to fight stigma associated with OCD	The intervention consists of playing a serious game, called esTOCma, on a mobile phone. In the game, players must use their knowledge to battle the stigma monster of OCD, complete 10 missions, and release 10 individuals who have been afflicted by the esTOCma monster, a creature that feeds on false beliefs and misinformation in society.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-04
• Primary completion: 2022-09-30
• Completion: 2022-09-30
• First posted: 2024-09-27
• Last updated: 2024-09-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain