Evaluation of a proactive preventive program in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms.

Completed

• Conditions: patiënten met uiteenlopende somatisch onvoldoende verklaarde lichamelijke klachten; Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

• Registration Number: NL-OMON46266
• Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 248

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects will be selected and identified with the PRESUME screening method.
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria; the subjects have to:
- be 18 years or older
- not suffering from chronic somatic or psychiatric disease
- have five or more consultations with the GP in the past twelve months of which at least three of those consultations are with one of the 104 ICPC codes suggestive of MUPS.;Health care centers in primary care are eligible to participate if all relevant disciplines (general practitioner, physical therapist, mental health nurse) are available and willing to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Eligible subjects will be excluded when the subject has:
- insufficient mastering of the Dutch language
- no access to the internet.;Furthermore, all identified subjects using the PRESUME screening method will be screened by their GP. Subjects identified with moderate MUPS will be excluded if one or more of the following criteria apply:
- received a medical explained diagnosis between identification using the PRESUME method and the time of inclusion.
- complaints with a shorter duration than one month, in which more diagnostic evaluation of the symptoms is needed.
- unable to participate according to the GP, f.i. because of a life threatening condition, a short life expectancy, an experienced life event in the past month or a subject had followed a multidisciplinary intervention in the past 12 months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Quality of life, measured with the RAND-36 health survey<br /><br>Impact of symptoms measured with the adequate relief question</p><br>