Problem Solving Treatment (PST) Project.
Completed
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of 18 years and older, who present psychological problems and are frequent attenders of general practice are recruited by the research-assistant.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who are treated in last year in the GGz, for example with cognitive behaviour therapy;
2. Patients who suffer from a serious medical sickness, psychotic impairment, primarily organic-mental impairment or serious individuality problems;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction of symptoms, measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to monitor symptom levels of anxiety and depression.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Social problem-solving skills, measured using a questionnaire designed by D’Zurilla;<br /><br>2. Psychological and physical well-being using Short Form-36;<br /><br>3. Social support, using the Social Support Inventory;<br /><br>4. Coping-styles by the VOMS (Vragenlijst over Omgaan met Situaties) is the Dutch adaption of the ways of coping questionnaire (WAYS) which is based on the transactional coping theory of Lazarus and Folkman;<br /><br>5. Rumination: Actual scientific reports suggest rumination as a significant, and probable prognostic, factor for depression. The rumination scale (RRS);<br /><br>6. Problem evaluation;<br /><br>7. Health care utilization. We used the Trimbos/iMTA questionnaire for Costs associated with Psychiatric Illness (Tic-P) to measure the amount health care patients consume and to register sick days from work (Hakkaart-Van Roijen, 2002 128 /id). Furthermore, the EQ-5D was used.