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Follow up of Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Hypochondria From 1997 to 2007
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
University of Bergen
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ingvard Wilhelmsen, University of Bergen
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00959452
First received: August 13, 2009
Last updated: November 7, 2016
Last verified: November 2016
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Purpose
Research has shown that cognitive behavioural therapy is effective in treating hypochondria. However, no studies have examined the long term effect. The investigators have followed 56 patients treated for hypochondria between 1997 and 2001 and the investigators are now doing a 10 year follow-up (Part I). In another part of the study (Part II) the investigators compare the effect of 16 sessions vs. 5 sessions, with a follow-up period of at least 2 years. The investigators hypothesis is that the initial 1 year improvement will be sustained and that 5 sessions will yield the same results as 16 sessions.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
| Hypochondriasis | Behavioral: Cognitive behavioural therapy |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Follow up of Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Clinic for Hypochondriacs, Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital, From 1997 to 2007 |
Further study details as provided by Ingvard Wilhelmsen, University of Bergen:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Level of health anxiety [ Time Frame: 10 years follow up ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Health related quality of life [ Time Frame: 10 years follow-up ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 250 |
| Study Start Date: | January 1997 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2017 |
| Primary Completion Date: | December 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Experimental: Psychotherapy |
Behavioral: Cognitive behavioural therapy
16 sessions vs 5 sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy
Other Name: Cognitive therapy
|
Detailed Description:
The follow-up includes a telephone interview by independent researcher and the patients fill in the following questionnaires:
Whiteley Index (measures health anxiety), VAS-scales for health anxiety, worrying about symptoms and body checking, SF-36 (health related quality of life), Giessen Subjective Complaints List, Spielberger Trait and State Anxiety Scale Beck Depression Inventory, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28), Somatic Amplification Scale,
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Fulfilling ICD-10 criteria for hypochondriacal disorder
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unwillingness to participate
- Substance abuse
- Serious psychological (f.inst. psychosis, major depression) or somatic (f.inst. cancer) disease
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00959452
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00959452
Locations
| Norway | |
| Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital | |
| Bergen, Norway, 5009 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Bergen
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Ingvard Wilhelmsen, PhD | University of Bergen |
More Information
Publications:
| Responsible Party: | Ingvard Wilhelmsen, Professor, University of Bergen |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00959452 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
17242 |
| Study First Received: | August 13, 2009 |
| Last Updated: | November 7, 2016 |
Keywords provided by Ingvard Wilhelmsen, University of Bergen:
|
Hypochondria Cognitive behavioural therapy Long term follow-up Psychosomatics Psychotherapy |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Hypochondriasis Somatoform Disorders Mental Disorders |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 23, 2017