Group training for patients with Unexplained Physical Symptoms.
Completed
- Conditions
- 1. Unexplained Physical Symptoms2. Undifferentiatied Somatoform Disorder3. Chronic Pain Disorder4. Somatoform DisordersOnverklaarde Lichamelijke KlachtenOngedifferentieerde Somatoforme StoornisPijnstoornisSomatoforme Stoornissen
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25959
- Lead Sponsor
- drs. J. Lamé, Board of DirectorsRiagg RijnmondWesthavenkade 853133 AV VlaardingenThe NetherlandsProf. dr. J. Passchier, supervisor of the Ph.D.studentErasmus MCDepartment of Medical Psychology and PsychotherapyPO Box 20403000 CA RotterdamThe Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age between 18 and 65 years;
2. being able to speak, read and write Dutch;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder or Chronic Pain Disorder is not the principal DSM-IV-TR classification;
2. UPS is not the principal somatic disease;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome is effectiveness of the group training. This effectiveness is operationalised with quality of life. Quality of life is measured with the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), which is administered at baseline, after the group therapy/waiting list, 3 months after the group training and one year after the group training.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary outcomes are:<br /><br>1. cost-effectiveness;<br /><br>2. overall psychological distress.<br /><br><br /><br /><br>1. Cost-effectiveness consists of direct costs due to health care utilization and indirect costs due to productivity loss. Cost-effectiveness is measured with the Trimbos/iMTA Questionnaire for Costs associatied with Psychiatric Illness (TiC-P). The TiC-P is administered at baseline, after the group therapy/waiting list, 3 months after the group training and one year after the group training.<br><br /><br /><br>2. Overall psychological distress consists of a broad range of physical and psychological symptoms and theirs intensity. Overall psychological distress is measured by the Symptom Checklist Revised (SCL-90-R). The SCL-90-R is administered at baseline, after the group therapy/waiting list, 3 months after group training and one year after the group training.