The clinical and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness training in the improvement of physical health in patients with medically unexplained symptoms in primary care
Completed
- Conditions
- onverklaarde lichamelijke klachtenmedically unexplaind symptomsunexplaind physical symptoms
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON33324
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with medically unexplaind symptoms for at least 6 months
Patients who frequently visit the general practitioner, belonging to top 10% of frequent attenders
Patienst have visited the general practitioner at least once in the past 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
Patients younger than 18 and older than 70 years
Patients with insufficient understanding of the Dutch language
Patients with severe psychiatric problems (major depression, psychosis)
Patients with mental retardation
Patients with severe psychical disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Our primary outcome measure is the perceived physical health status in the past<br /><br>week. This is measured by the EQ-5D, a validated questionnaire for measurement<br /><br>of the quality of physical health and quality of life. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcome measures are: psychological symptoms (Patient Health<br /><br>Questionnaire, PHQ-15 ad PHQ-9), quality of life (SF-36), physical health as<br /><br>measured by the SF-36 Physical Component Summary (PCS), health anxiety (Illness<br /><br>Attitude Scale), mindfulness skills (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire,<br /><br>FFMQ), rumminative response style (RRS), medical consumption (Cost Diary for<br /><br>medical consumption) and coping (Orientation to life questionnaire). </p><br>