The goal of this study is to test the efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of providing an experiential assessment interview that targets health, and emotional and stressful experiences in a tertiary care setting specializing in women's urology.
In this randomized, controlled trial, the investigators will compare an interview condition to a wait-list control condition. The investigators hypothesize that helping individuals identify the links between their stress, emotions, and physical symptoms will likely increase their awareness and endorsement of the link between stress and physical symptoms, including a willingness to engage in stress management techniques. It is also expected that helping raise an individual's awareness about their symptoms, followed by an experience and expression of unexpressed emotion is likely to influence their physical and psychological well-being.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
A life-stress interview which aims to help patients: a) disclose their stressful experiences and emotional conflicts, which might be contributing to their symptoms, b) learn about associations between their stress and physical symptoms; and c) learn about the potential value of experiencing and expressing their emotions related to these stressful situations
Women's Urology Center
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Symptom Interpretation Questionnaire (SIQ)
Time frame: Change from baseline symptom attribution at 6-weeks
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)
Time frame: Change from baseline pain at 6-weeks
Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15)
Time frame: Change from baseline in symptom severity at 6 weeks
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
Time frame: Change from baseline symptoms at 6-weeks
Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)
Time frame: Change from baseline life satisfaction at 6-weeks
Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory -20 (PFDI-20)
Time frame: Change from baseline pelvic symptoms at 6-weeks
Global Assessment Response (GRA)
Time frame: Change from baseline overall symptoms at 6-weeks
Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2)
Time frame: Change from baseline pain at 6-weeks
Emotional Approach Coping (EAC)
Time frame: Change from baseline emotional approach coping at 6-weeks
Emotional Processing Scale-25 (EPS-25)
Time frame: Change from baseline emotional processing at 6-weeks
Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-32 (IIP-32)
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Time frame: Change from baseline interpersonal problems at 6-weeks
Pain Catastrophizing Scale
Time frame: Change from baseline pain catastrophizing at 6-weeks
Change Assessment Questionnaire
Time frame: Change from baseline stage of change at 6-weeks