Pilot study for the evaluation of the feasibility and the efficacy of a combined cognitive-behavioral and physiotherapeutic treatment program for patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) within the context of the Interdisciplinary Research Platform „Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS)

Phase 2

Conditions: CPPS (Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome)
F45.4
Persistent somatoform pain disorder

Registration Number: DRKS00009976

Lead Sponsor: Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 54

Inclusion Criteria

Daignosis of CPPS without explaining medical condition, sufficient knowledge of the German language, a score = 40 either in the physical or the mental scale of the SF-12 (health-related quality of life)

Exclusion Criteria

Substance dependence; delusional disorder

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health-related quality of life (SF-12); 7 times of measurement: at the time of visiting the outpatient clinic, at the time of inclusion, before and after each treatment module as well as four weeks after the overall treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptom severity (NIH-CPSI), pain perception (SF-MPQ), pain-related disability (PDI), catastrophizing cognitions (PCS), psychological symptom severity (PHQ-9, PHQ-15, GAD-7, PSQ) and utilization of the health care system provided as paper-and-pencil questionnaires; 7 times of measurement: at the time of visiting the outpatient clinic, at the time of inclusion, before and after each treatment module as well as four weeks after the overall treatment (PDI not measured at time of visiting the outpatient clinic); goal attainment (GAS): after the physiotherapeutic module and four weeks after overall treatment; satisfaction with the treatment: before the second module as well as four weeks after the overall treatment; additionally physiotherapeutic examination before the first and before the second treatment module as well as four weeks after the overall treatment