Effectiveness of psychotherapy in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS)Signs and Symptoms
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13532466
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University
- Brief Summary
2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35776667/ (added 04/07/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 444
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age of 18 or more years
2. Occurrence of at least one somatic symptom with a duration of at least six months not fully explained by any somatic diagnosis
Exclusion Criteria
1. Diagnosis of a severe mental disorder that would make participation in this kind of treatment impossible
2. Diagnosis of an organic disease responsible for the symptoms
Note: All patients willing to participate are included in the study. Primary analysis is conducted on patients with MUPS. Secondary analyses, however, are conducted on the whole sample (i.e., including patients without somatic symptoms and those with somatic symptoms explained by an organic disease).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intensity of medically unexplained physical symptoms is measured using PHQ-15 at the beginning of the treatment, weekly during the treatment, at termination, and 6 and 12 months after termination.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method