Single session counseling for medically unexplained symptoms: A randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Medically unexplained symptomsHealth Condition 2: F45- Somatoform disorders
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/07/007082
- Lead Sponsor
- JIPMER Puducherry
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Inclusion Criteria
1.One or more medically unexplained symptoms as noted by the treating doctor
2.Duration of 3 or more months
3.Seen by 2 or more specialist health care professionals for these symptoms
Exclusion Criteria
1.No proper referral letter
2.Severe physical disability precluding an interview session
3.Clinical history suggestive of intellectual impairment
4.Those diagnosed with psychosis/hearing or language impairment
5.Pregnant women or those who delivered in the past year.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Patient health questionnaire (PHQ)-15 <br/ ><br>2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder -7 <br/ ><br>3. PHQ-9Timepoint: Baseline, one month and 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. No of workdays lost in last month <br/ ><br>2. No of hospital visits in last month <br/ ><br>3. No of somatic symptomsTimepoint: Baseline, one month and 6 months