Status:
COMPLETED
DEPENAS: A Psychosocial Intervention for Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Lead Sponsor:
Basque Health Service
Collaborating Sponsors:
Carlos III Health Institute
Conditions:
Somatoform Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
General practitioners play a key role in the management of one of the most complex problems facing the health care system: the large group of patients with unexplained medical symptoms, but effective ...
Detailed Description
Patients with unexplained medical symptoms are frequently referred to multiple specialists, including psychiatrists, which often prove ineffective. General practitioners play a key role in the managem...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients between 18 and 65 years of age, who had presented (over the course of their lives) six or more medically unexplained somatic symptoms for female subjects and four or more for male subjects
- At least one of the symptoms would have continued to be present during the last year
Exclusion
- Dementia
- Psychotic disorders
- Drug dependence
- Bipolar disorder
- Eating disorders
- Malingering patients
- Patients engaged in psychotherapy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
March 1 2003
Estimated Enrollment :
156 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00130988
Start Date
January 1 2001
End Date
March 1 2003
Last Update
July 15 2008
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