Mindfulness-based stress reduction for functional neurological disorders

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00034806

Enrollment

Registered

2024-07-31

Start date

2024-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

Functional neurological disorders

Interventions

Group 1: Patient recruitment of adult patients with a functional neurological disorder takes place via the special outpatient clinic for functional neurological disorders (FND) of PD Dr Stoyan Popkiro

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients with legal capacity who receive a diagnosis of a functional neurological disorder and consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Underage patients and patients with a lack of legal capacity, acute suicidal tendencies, psychotic symptoms, severe affective or anxiety disorders, severe personality disorders, severe hyperkinetic movement disorders or very frequent dissociative seizures are not included.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Recruitment, attendance and drop-out rate Following the implementation of the MBSR programme, the following parameters are calculated based on the documentation of the invited patients, the patients who have consentend to participate in the study and the participant lists of the individual MBSR programme sessions: Recruitment rate: number of patients registering for the study in relation to the total number of patients approached who fulfil the inclusion criteria. Attendance rate: Average attendance rate of registered patients at the MBSR sessions of the MBSR programme. Dropout rate: Percentage of enrolled patients who discontinue participation in the 8-week MBSR programme prematurely.	—

Measure

Time frame

Recruitment, attendance and drop-out rate Following the implementation of the MBSR programme, the following parameters are calculated based on the documentation of the invited patients, the patients who have consentend to participate in the study and the participant lists of the individual MBSR programme sessions: Recruitment rate: number of patients registering for the study in relation to the total number of patients approached who fulfil the inclusion criteria. Attendance rate: Average attendance rate of registered patients at the MBSR sessions of the MBSR programme. Dropout rate: Percentage of enrolled patients who discontinue participation in the 8-week MBSR programme prematurely.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Overall satisfaction with the programme, user-friendliness, self-reported practice times / compliance with homework, qualitative feedback from participants, health-related quality of life (WHODAS 2), severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms (GAD-7, PHQ-9) and functional symptoms (FNSQ), work and social adjustment (ASAS), self-efficacy (SWOP-K9), illness assumptions (IPQ-R), emotion regulation (ERQ)	—

Measure

Time frame

Overall satisfaction with the programme, user-friendliness, self-reported practice times / compliance with homework, qualitative feedback from participants, health-related quality of life (WHODAS 2), severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms (GAD-7, PHQ-9) and functional symptoms (FNSQ), work and social adjustment (ASAS), self-efficacy (SWOP-K9), illness assumptions (IPQ-R), emotion regulation (ERQ)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRosa Michaelis

Klinik für Neurologie Universitätsklinikum Essen

rosa.michaelis@uk-essen.de+49 201 723 2461

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026