Stress and Health Interview for Primary Care Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Somatoform Disorders
In brief
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of providing an experiential assessment interview that targets emotional and stressful experiences in primary care. In this randomized, controlled trial, the investigators will compare an interview condition to a wait-list control condition. The investigators hypothesize that helping individuals first identify the links between their stress and symptoms will likely increase their awareness and endorsement of the link between stress and physical symptoms, including a willingness to engage in stress management techniques. It is also expected that helping raise an individual's awareness about their symptoms, followed by an experience and expression of unexpressed emotions is likely to influence their physical symptoms and psychological status.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02151500
- Run by
- Wayne State University
- People needed
- 75
- Starts
- 2014-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-12-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Participants must score above 10 (moderate range) on the Patient Health Questionnaire-15, which is a measure of a range of medical symptoms that are often medically unexplained.
You may not qualify if…
- Conditions that could interfere with the interview:
- non-English speaking
- psychosis
- dementia
- mental impairment
- The presence of disease or injury that could account for the physical symptoms. - Examples: autoimmune disease, bodily injury, serious infection, cancer, heart disease, COPD, post-stroke.
Where it is running
- Wayne State University Family Medicine Clinic — Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States
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