Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Other |
Modified version of ESQ Experience of Service Questionnaire |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of their treatment experience. |
At 8 months corresponding to at follow up meeting |
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Other |
Questions concerning close relatives' satisfaction with information meeting |
Questions regarding specific meeting content and possibility of free text comments. Rated by close relatives. |
At meeting for close relatives corresponding to approximately 1 week after start of group therapy (i.e. at 2 months) |
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Primary |
Change in Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF36) (Assessment of an aggregate score measuring physical health) |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Physical health measured with aggregate scores of the scales PF (physical functioning), BP (bodily pain) and VT (vitality). Score range 15-65. Higher scores indicating a higher degree of self-rated physical health. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting) |
|
Secondary |
Change in Bodily Distress Syndrome checklist (BDS checklist) |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of symptom severity. Score range 0-100. Higher score indicating a higher degree of symptom severity. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting) |
|
Secondary |
Change in Limitation index Questionnaire |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of symptom interference. Score range 0-36 with higher score indicating a higher degree of limitation. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), before psychiatric consultation (approximately 2 weeks after clinical assessment), and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting) |
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Secondary |
Change in Whiteley 7 |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of illness worry. Overall mean item score range from 0-4 with higher scores indicating a higher degree of illness worry. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting) |
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Secondary |
Change in SCL-8 Questionnaire |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of emotional distress. Overall mean score range from 0-4 with higher scores indicating a higher degree of emotional distress. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting) |
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Secondary |
Change in SF-36 PCS |
Aggregate score from questionnaire - physical component summary. Patient rated. The aggregate score has a mean of 50 and a SD of 10, but no range. Higher scores indicate better physical health. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting) |
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Secondary |
Change in SF-36 MCS |
Aggregate score from questionnaire - mental component summary. Patient rated. The aggregate score has a mean of 50 and a SD of 10, but no range. Higher scores indicate better mental health. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting) |
|
Secondary |
Change in IPQ-R Illness Perceptions Questionnaire |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Treatment target. Score range 0-80 with higher scores reflecting a more maladaptive view of the illness. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment) and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting) |
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Secondary |
Change in BRIQ Behavioural Responses to Illness Questionnaire |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of illness related behaviour. Treatment target. Measures two dimensions of illness behaviour i.e. limiting behaviour (score range 7-35) and all-or-nothing behaviour (score range 6-30). Higher scores indicate a higher degree of maladaptive behaviour. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment) and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting) |
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Secondary |
Change in AFQ-Y8 (Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire in Youth) |
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of psychological flexibility. Treatment target. Score range 0-32 with higher scores relfecting a higher degree of psychological inflexibility. |
At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment) and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting) |
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Secondary |
PGIC (Patient Global Impression of Change) |
Questionnaire, patient rated. 7 point scale with answers ranging from "no change or condition gotten worse" to "a great deal better and a considerable improvement that has made all the difference". |
At 8 months corresponding to at follow up meeting |
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