Clinical trials: Writing Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Discriminatory Stress
Writing Wrongs: Expressive Writing for Microaggressions
Racial and ethnic based stressors, such as microaggressions, are pervasive, distressing, and result in lasting negative repercussions for minoritized students at predominantly white institutions (PWIs).
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Discriminatory Stress, Microaggression
- Trial name
- WW (NCT06276725)
- Testing
- Writing Wrongs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Auburn University
Dystonic Disorder
Sensory Training to Treat Focal Dystonia
This study will examine the effectiveness of Braille reading as a sensory training program for improving symptoms of focal (localized) dystonia, a movement disorder caused by sustained muscle contractions.
- Trial name
- NCT00006336
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
DSD, Hypospadias
Breaking Silence Through Story: A Narrative Medicine Intervention for Parents of Children With Urogenital Conditions
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a journaling intervention can reduce stress and anxiety in parents of children with urogenital conditions (such as differences of sex development and hypospadias).
- Trial name
- NCT06989593
- Testing
- Narrative Medicine Journaling Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sarah Schlegel
Healthy, Anxiety
Comparing Targets of Expressive Writing
Expressive writing involves writing about one's deepest thoughts and feelings surrounding an emotional event. The current literature on the efficacy of expressive writing is mixed and warrants further investigation into how…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT06130020
- Testing
- Expressive Writing: Self, Expressive Writing: Other, Factual Writing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Princeton University
Aphasia, Language
Phonological Treatment Paired With Intensive Speech Therapy Promotes Reading Recovery in Chronic Aphasia
Participants will receive either intensive phonology or semantic feature analysis treatment for 16 weeks to improve naming, reading, and writing in individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia.
- Trial name
- NCT02799017
- Testing
- Intensive Phonology Treatment, Intensive SFA Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Austin Speech Labs
Trauma, Psychological, Moral Injury
Wellness Intervention for Nurses Post Traumatic Growth and Selfcare
Nurses working in home and hospice care settings find their roles emotionally challenging and are at high risk for trauma, strain and fatigue. Such sufferings were high among nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Trauma, Psychological, Moral Injury, Compassion Fatigue
- Trial name
- WINGS (NCT06674876)
- Testing
- Blog writing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorder
An Implementation and Biobehavioral Study of Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorder (TMJMD)
With the great economic costs and traditionally poor outcomes among chronic temporomandibular joint and muscle disorder (TMJMD) patients, it has become important to treat patients in the acute state, in order to prevent these…
- Trial name
- NCT00952900
- Testing
- Biobehavioral, Active Coping/Attention Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Arlington
Mouth Breathing
The Influence of Breathing in Writing
Purpose: To examine whether nasal breathing influences the perception of sound causing trade between hard and soft consonants in the writing of children in school age and the incidence of trade.
- Trial name
- NCT02437877
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
Stress Disorder
Evaluating an Expressive Writing Intervention About Communicatively-Restricted Organizational Stressors
This project evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention sought to reduce the physical effects of stress related to those issues that individuals cannot successfully communicate with anyone about.
- Trial name
- NCT01328665
- Testing
- Expressive Writing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Santa Clara University
Depression, Anxiety
Storytelling and Mindfulness for Graduate Student Wellbeing
The purpose of this study is to evaluate an intervention for improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) graduate student wellbeing.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Burnout, Student
- Trial name
- NCT05826860
- Testing
- Mindfulness Practice, Storytelling Workshop
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Control Condition, Intervention
Effectiveness of AI Chatbots in Improving Students' General Wellbeing
The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of an AI mental health chatbot in promoting emotional wellbeing and perceived empathy among university students in Singapore with mild or subclinical…
- Trial name
- NCT06965439
- Testing
- AI-delivered emotional wellbeing support, Neutral writing tasks
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Movement Disorders, Parkinson Disease
Handwriting Analysis in Movement Disorders
Handwriting is a complex cognitive prowess that deteriorates in patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases, including movement disorders.
- Conditions
- Movement Disorders, Parkinson Disease, Writing Disorder
- Trial name
- HANDWRML (NCT05355480)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS
Language Disorders
China Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal Club
The purpose of this study is to determine if an intensive journal club based on articles and materials provided on the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology Website improves written and spoken comprehension of medical English in a…
- Trial name
- COG-JOCS (NCT01844609)
- Testing
- Self Study Journal Club, Intensive Journal Club
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, China
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Emotional Disturbance, Emotional Regulation
AI-assisted GNW on Adolescent Emotional Distress
This cluster-randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of an AI-assisted Guided Narrative Writing (AI-GNW) in alleviating emotional distress among adolescents.
- Conditions
- Emotional Disturbance, Emotional Regulation, Insomnia
- Trial name
- NCT07105137
- Testing
- AI-GNW, NF-GNW, NWG
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 486 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Anxiety
Auricular Stimulation vs. Expressive Writing for Exam Anxiety
Title of the study: Auricular acupuncture (AA) vs. expressive writing for pre-exam anxiety - a randomised crossover study Study period: 04 / 2014 - 07 / 2014 Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. T.
- Trial name
- AA_EW_Anxi (NCT03093584)
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture, Expressive writing
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Psychological Well-being, Secondary Traumatic Stress
The Effect of Web-Based Compassion-Focused Structured Writing Programs on Well-Being in Midwives Working in Delivery Rooms
This randomized controlled trial aims to compare the effects of a web-based compassion-focused writing program and a reflective writing program on psychological well-being, self-compassion, postpartum trauma-related stress…
- Conditions
- Psychological Well-being, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Occupational Stress
- Trial name
- NCT07699887
- Testing
- Compassion-Focused Writing Program, Reflective Writing Program
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mersin University
Depression, Suicidality
Development and Preliminary Trial of a Brief, Portable Health Intervention for Rural Sexual Minority Emerging Adults
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of writing interventions specifically designed for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) emerging adults (ages 18-29) that are aimed at improving the outcomes: depression…
- Conditions
- Depression, Suicidality, Substance Abuse, HIV
- Trial name
- Project LEAP (NCT03751020)
- Testing
- Expressive Writing (EW) Intervention, Self-Affirmation (SA) Intervention, Control
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Dyslexia, Learning Disorders
Comprehensive Program to Improve Reading and Writing Skills in At-Risk and Dyslexic Children
This project is evaluating programs to improve reading and writing skills in children who have or are at risk for having reading disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT00061412
- Testing
- Comprehensive program to improve reading and writing skills
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Body Image, Body Image Dissatisfaction
Expand Your Horizon-Spanish
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether Expand Your Horizon (EYH), a brief writing intervention focused on body functionality, can improve body image in university students aged 18 to 30 years in Spain and…
- Conditions
- Body Image, Body Image Dissatisfaction, Eating Disorders, University Students
- Trial name
- EYH-Spanish (NCT07894978)
- Testing
- Expand Your Horizon (EYH), Creative Writing Control
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Spinal Cord Injuries, Multiple Sclerosis
AIM's Writing for Healing: A Workshop for Individuals Living With Paralysis
The UAB Institute for Arts In Medicine (AIM) is currently implementing an expressive emotional writing pilot project for adults with paralysis caused by neurological conditions such as traumatic head or spinal cord injury.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Multiple Sclerosis, Transverse Myelitis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT04721717
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham