CompletedNot Applicable

Build a Research Clinic for Somatoform Patients

Taiwan1,000 participantsStarted 2021-07-09

Plain-language summary

To investigate the effects of the two following interventions on somatoform patients:1. case management model2. psychotherapy, based on cognitive-behavioral therapy and biofeedback therapy

Who can participate

Age range15 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. Between 15 and 80 years old * 2\. Meet the diagnosis of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. With psychotic symptoms (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder with psychotic symptoms) or cognitive impairment * 2\. Having potentially lethal physical diseases (such as cancer, coronary artery diseases, cerebrovascular diseases; because under this condition, high health anxiety is quite rational. Patients with common physical diseases can still enter this trial) * 3\. Unable to read or understand the questionnaires

What they're measuring

Changes from baseline Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) score at 3 months and 6 months (for psychotherapy); changes from baseline PHQ-15 score at 3, 6, 12, 24 months (for case management)

Timeframe: 3, 6 months after initiating psychotherapy (for psychotherapy); 3, 6, 12, 24 months after initiating case management (for case management)

Changes from baseline Health Anxiety Questionnaire (HAQ) score at 3 months and 6 months (for psychotherapy); changes from baseline HAQ score at 3, 6, 12, 24 months (for case management)

Timeframe: 3, 6 months after initiating psychotherapy (for psychotherapy); 3, 6, 12, 24 months after initiating case management (for case management)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04835103

SponsorNational Taiwan University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-01-24

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