Scottish Neurological Symptoms Study 2: Symptom Management Research Trial in Neurology

Completed

• Conditions: Medically unexplained symptoms; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Somatoform disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN47705219
• Lead Sponsor: Edinburgh University (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-01-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 18 years or more who are attending Glasgow or Edinburgh Neurology Centres for the first time and who are deemed by the treating neurologist to have symptoms that are 'not at all' or only 'somewhat' explained by disease.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Less than 18 years of age
2. Cognitive impairment
3. Insufficient ability to read and write English
4. Serious psychiatric illness
5. Actively suicidal
6. Receiving psychiatric or psychological treatment
7. Presenting solely with chronic daily headache
8. Neurologist/researcher considers participation inappropriate to patient's needs
9. Unable to travel to attend treatment sessions

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients' self-rated global health improvement as measured on Clinical Global Improvement (CGI) scales at 3 months.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients' self rated improvement in decrease in total symptom burden, change in presenting symptoms, improvement in SF12 score, and change in Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) score, Whitley score, illness beliefs and satisfaction with care