This cohort study implements patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for patients with bodily stress syndrome in a clinic for functional disorders.
The Sympa Cohort study is a prospective, single site cohort study that consists of administration of PROMs questionnaires to patients that attend the Clinic for Functional Disorders at Helsinki University hospital (HUS). The questionnaires are handed out to the study population within seven days before their first visit at the clinic, and then at the following 3, 6 and 12 months. The study population consists of consecutive adult patients that are referred to the clinic either from other hospital units or primary care. The collected data will later be linked with national registries on diagnoses, medication use and work ability. The Sympa Cohort study may have implications in targeting the factors influencing functional outcomes and quality of life reported by patients with bodily stress syndrome. It will also form a quality register for the Clinic and characterize the first systematic collection of PROMs related to these disorders in Finland.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
400
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based individual and group intervention
Clinic for Functional Disorders, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
RECRUITINGSelf-rated global health improvement
Measured by clinical improvement scale (clinical global improvement, CGI), a five-point Likert scale
Time frame: 12 months
Functional ability
Measured by WHODAS 2.0
Time frame: 12 months
PHQ-9
Depression
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months
GAD-7
Anxiety
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months
EUROHIS-QOL-8
Health related quality of life
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months
15D
Health related quality of life
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months
SSD-12
Symptom severity
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months
RS-14
Resilience
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months
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