Implementation and evaluation of the stepped care intervention Raise your strengths in primary care: a pretest-posttest pilot study

Completed

Conditions: iedereen die last heeft van chronische lichamelijke klachten
Chronic physical symptoms

Registration Number: NL-OMON46609

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Twente

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 65

Inclusion Criteria

The participant is 18 years or older
The participant is mentally competent
The participant has chronic physical complaints (self-reported)
The participant is prepared to complete at least 6 lessons in a period of 3 months
The participant is able to read and write Dutch (read and write)
The participant gives permission for participation in the research (informed consent).

Exclusion Criteria

The participant has very high depressive or high anxiety symptoms as measured with the Brief Symptom Inventory: average score> = 3.33 on the depression scale or average score> = 2.17 on the anxiety scale (de Beurs & Zitman, 2006).
Has hallucinations (assessed by the POH GGZ).
Suicidal: patient says he wants to commit suicide and had concrete plans to do so (assessed by the POH GGZ).
Experiencing severe memory problems: a patient does not know enough about the previous session that the POH GGZ can built on this (assessed by the POH GGZ).
Experiencing severe concentration problems: the patient can not concentrate for 25 minutes on the conversation with the POH GGZ (assessed by the POH GGZ)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Self-management, which will be measured by the PAM-13;</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The secundary study parameters of this study is wellbeing: wellbeing (MHC-SF),<br /><br>positive and negative emotions (PANAS), vitality (Vita-16), general health<br /><br>experience (thermometer), symptoms of depression and anxiety (BSI).<br /><br>There are also a number mediating variables: knowledge of strengths (SKS), use<br /><br>of strengths (SUS), the extent to which someone has achieved their goal (GAS),<br /><br>coping versatility (COFLEX) and the use of different goal strategies (TGP, FGA<br /><br>and Goal Adjustment Scale).<br /><br>A number of socio-demographic variables will be asked as well, just as during<br /><br>the screening: gender, age, marital status, education, nationality and home and<br /><br>work situation. During the screening, some characteristics of the chronic<br /><br>physical complaints will be asked, such as: type of complaints, how long they<br /><br>have these complaints and in which extent they perceive these complaints as<br /><br>severe. </p><br>