Master Your Symptoms: Personalized e-health for self-management of medically unexplained symptoms

Recruiting

Conditions: 10077546
Medically unexplained symptoms
unexplained physical symptoms

Registration Number: NL-OMON55818

Lead Sponsor: Psychiatrie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 165

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age >= 18 years.
2.Presenting with MUS. In line with the guidelines provided by the Dutch
College of General Practitioners, MUS are defined as *physical symptoms that
have persisted for more than several weeks and for which adequate medical
examination has not revealed any condition that sufficiently explains the
symptoms* (Olde Hartman et al., 2013). Since the duration of an episode and the
moment of presentation might vary per symptom, the GP will judge whether this
criterion is met.
3. Main symptom concerns pain, gastro-intestinal complaints or fatigue.
4. Capable of understanding questionnaires and exercises: adequate command
of the
Dutch language, no major cognitive or visual impairment.
5. In possession of an e-mail account and a personal computer, laptop or tablet
with internet connection. These will be needed to access the study website,
fill out questionnaires, and receive personalized feedback.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Currently treated by a mental health professional with psychotherapy.
2. Presence of severe anxiety, depression, or presence of post-traumatic stress
syndrome, that needs treatment according to the GP. Thus, if the GP deviates
from the GP guidelines with good reason, this is not a reason for exclusion.
Also, mild anxiety or depression is not an exclusion criterion.
3. Pregnancy.
4. Engaged in a legal procedure concerning disability-related financial
benefits.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The physical component score of the Dutch version of the RAND-36 (measure of<br /><br>health-related quality of life) will be used as our primary outcome. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary outcomes are the RAND-36*s Mental component score, symptom severity,<br /><br>psychological symptoms (asked with the 4DSQ), patient satisfaction, health care<br /><br>utilization, and productivity loss. </p><br>