Measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of a communication training for medical specialists focused on patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS).

Effectiveness and efficiency of a consultation skills training programme for medical specialists focused on patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS).

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20348

Enrollment

720

Registered

2010-11-18

Start date

2011-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

Interventions

Consultation skills training programme for medical specialists focused on patients with MUPS. The programme consists of 4 training sessions with an interval of 4 to 6 weeks, in groups of 12 persons w

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult outpatients with MUPS, diagnosed by the participating specialist.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age < 18 years; 2. Not able to comprehend Dutch; 3. Legally incapable.

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
On doctor-level we measure the application of consultation skills by observation of video-taped consultations and facts from patientfiles. An economic evaluation will be performed from societal perspective. Costs of the training programme, health care utilization, personal expenses and production loss will be measured. The research team registers the costs of intervention; we measure the other volumina by patient questionnaires.	—

Measure

Time frame

On doctor-level we measure the application of consultation skills by observation of video-taped consultations and facts from patientfiles. An economic evaluation will be performed from societal perspective. Costs of the training programme, health care utilization, personal expenses and production loss will be measured. The research team registers the costs of intervention; we measure the other volumina by patient questionnaires.

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Primary

Measure	Time frame
On patient-level we measure with questionnaires: 1. Illness worries with Whiteley Index; 2. Current symptom severity with VAS; 3. Distress, depression, anxiety and somatisation with 4-DSQ; 4. Daily functioning of patients with SF-36. The questionnaires will be taken at baseline, after 3 months and after 6 months.	—

Contacts

Public ContactAnne Weiland

Postbox 2040

a.weiland@erasmusmc.nl+31 (0)6 18559690

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)