A cognitive-behavioural approach for the treatment of fear of progression in patients wth Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis: A Mixed-Methods Study

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Fear of Progression
G20
G35
Parkinson disease
Multiple sclerosis

Registration Number: DRKS00020989

Lead Sponsor: Medizinische Psychologie | Neuropsychologie und Gender StudiesCentrum für Neuropsychologische Diagnostik und Intervention (CeNDI), Medizinische Fakultät und Uniklinik Köln, Universität zu Köln

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 147

Inclusion Criteria

Inpatients of the neurological rehabilitation centre Godeshöhe e.V. Bonn;
Clinical PD or MS diagnosis;
Affirmation of item 1 and 3 of the psychosocial 3-item requirement analysis:
1. Do you often suffer from the fear of the progression of your disease in everyday life?
2. If so, how strongly does the fear of progression affect your everyday life? (Numeric analogue scale from 0 to 10)
3. Would you like to have support in dealing with this fear?;
The patients are able to follow instructions;
Unrestricted or sufficiently corrected sight and hearing;
German as mother tongue or sufficiently good knowledge of German

Exclusion Criteria

Severe cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCa) = 12 points, cut-off value between mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's dementia according to Nasreddine et al., 2005) and therefore a limited or missing capacity for consent;
Presence of major depression (assessed by the General Depression Scale (ADS-K), cut-off value = 17 according to Radloff, 1977) and/or acute suicidal tendencies (assessed by the responsible psychologists of the Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Godeshöhe e.V. or information on patient record);
Severe neurological and psychiatric or life-threatening comorbidities (e.g., acute episodes of affective disorders, personality disorders, psychoses or somatoform disorders; in each case assessed by the responsible psychologists of the Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Godeshöhe e.V. or information on patient records)