Follow up of Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Hypochondria From 1997 to 2007

Hypochondriasis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Follow up of Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at Clinic for Hypochondriacs, Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital, From 1997 to 2007

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00959452
• Other study ID #: 17242
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1997
• Est. completion date: December 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: University of Bergen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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,

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: December 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypochondriasis

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cognitive behavioural therapy
16 sessions vs 5 sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital	Bergen

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Bergen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (2)

Veddegjaerde KE, Sivertsen B, Wilhelmsen I, Skogen JC. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory analysis of the Whiteley Index. Results from a large population based study in Norway. The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). J Psychosom Res. 2014 Se — View Citation

Veddegjaerde KF, Sivertsen B, Skogen JC, Smith ORF, Wilhelmsen I. Long-term effect of cognitive-behavioural therapy in patients with Hypochondriacal Disorder. BJPsych Open. 2020 Apr 29;6(3):e42. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2020.22. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Level of health anxiety		10 years follow up
Secondary	Health related quality of life		10 years follow-up