evaluation of the effect of emotional intelligence training on the symptoms of patients with borderline personality disorder
Design
The participants in this study are 55 patients with borderline personality disorder who were referred to 22 Bahman Hospital in 1402 and their diagnosis was confirmed by a psychiatrist based on DSM-5 criteria and have the including factors to participate in the study.
Settings and conduct
Emotional intelligence will be taught for all participants in groups of 10 to 15 individuals ,weekly for 4 sessions. The duration of each session will be 60 minutes. Emotional intelligence training will be done by an assistant who has already acquired the necessary skills in this field. It should be noted that during the study period, the necessary drug treatments for this disorder will continue. At the beginning of the study, all participants under investigation will fill the borderline personality traits scale questionnaire, which is then will be filled again 1 month and 6 months after the completion of the emotional intelligence training sessions.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Including factors are as following:
1. Ages between 18 to 45 years old
2.Individuals should have finished the third grade of middle school
3.Having informed consent
Excluding factors are as following:
1.Patients with other psychiatric disorders except MDD
2.individuals with substance use 6 month ahead of the study
3.patients with serious self-harming thoughts
Intervention groups
emotional intelligence training in borderline personality disorder
Main outcome variables
Borderline personality disorder trait test score
General information
Reason for update
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number:IRCT20230228057567N1
Registration date:2023-04-13, 1402/01/24
Registration timing:registered_while_recruiting
Last update:2023-04-13, 1402/01/24
Update count:0
Registration date
2023-04-13, 1402/01/24
Registrant information
Name
solma moonesirad
Name of organization / entity
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 28 3355 5054
Email address
moonesiradsolma@gmail.com
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2023-04-09, 1402/01/20
Expected recruitment end date
2023-10-12, 1402/07/20
Actual recruitment start date
empty
Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
evaluation of the effect of emotional intelligence training on the symptoms of patients with borderline personality disorder
Public title
emotional intelligence training in borderline personality disorder
Purpose
Supportive
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Patients with borderline personality disorder
Ages between 18 up to 60 years old
Individuals should have finished the third grade of middle school
Having informed consent
Exclusion criteria:
Patients with any other psychiatric disorder except MDD
Individuals with substance use 6 months before starting the study
Having serious self-harming thoughts
Age
From 18 years old to 60 years old
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size:
55
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
N/A
Randomization description
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Single
Other design features
Secondary Ids
empty
Ethics committees
1
Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Ethics committee of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
Street address
No16, Movadat faree alley, vali asr SQ, Shahid Beheshti Blv,Research Ethics committee of Qazvin university of medical sciences
City
Qazvin
Province
Qazvin
Postal code
3419759811
Approval date
2022-08-16, 1401/05/25
Ethics committee reference number
IR.QUMS.REC.1401.144
Health conditions studied
1
Description of health condition studied
Borderline Personality Disorder
ICD-10 code
F60.3
ICD-10 code description
Borderline personality disorder
Primary outcomes
1
Description
Emotional intelligence
Timepoint
Filling in the borderline personality disorder characteristics questionnaire before and after emotional intelligence training and 1 and 6 month after teaching emotional intelligence.
For all people under study, emotional intelligence is taught in groups of 10 to 15 people weekly for 4 sessions, the duration of each session is 60 minutes. Emotional intelligence training is done by a psychiatric assistant who has already acquired the necessary skills in this field. It should be noted that during the study period, the usual drug treatments for this disorder will continue. At the beginning of the study, all people under investigation complete the borderline personality traits scale questionnaire, which is then completed again 1 month and 6 months after the completion of the emotional intelligence training sessions.The content of the sessions includes the introduction of emotions and emotions as a part of everyday human psychological activities, explanation about the types of positive and negative emotions, the impact of emotions on behavior and thinking, the definition of emotional intelligence, recognizing one's emotions and managing them, self-evaluation and recognizing the weaknesses and strengths of self-knowledge. Other people's emotions, understanding other people's needs and feelings, looking from other people's point of view, effective communication, getting to know teamwork, using available support resources, investigating problems in interpersonal relationships