Trial reportScandinavian journal of primary health care2018
Psychoeducation against depression, anxiety, alexithymia and fibromyalgia: a pilot study in primary care for patients on sick leave.
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- Psychoeducation for Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Emotional, Clinical and Functional Related-Outcomes.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Evaluation of the Affect School as supplementary treatment of Swedish women with eating disorders: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Helpful explanatory models for somatoform symptoms (HERMES): study protocol of a randomised mixed-methods pilot trial.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Managing functional disorders: opportunities and threats.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2020Article
- Work incentives, chronic illnesses and how sickness certificates are written affect sickness absence.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2019Article
- Recognizing and Treating Major Depression in Fibromyalgia: A Narrative Primer for the Non-Psychiatrist.Journal of primary care & community healthReview
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Abstract
objectivesFeasibility testing of a psychoeducational method -The Affect School and Script Analyses (ASSA) - in a Swedish primary care setting. Exploring associations between psychological, and medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS).
designPilot study.
settingThree Swedish primary care centers serving 20,000 people.
intervention8 weekly 2-hour sessions with a 5-7 participant group led by two instructors - followed by 10 individual hour-long sessions. SUBJECTS: Thirty-six patients, 29 women (81%), on sick-leave due to depression, anxiety, or fibromyalgia. OUTCOME MEASURES: Feasibility in terms of participation rates and expected improvements of psychological symptoms and MUPS, assessed by self-report instruments pre-, one-week post-, and 18 months post-intervention. Regression coefficients between psychological symptoms and MUPS.
resultsThe entire 26-hour psychoeducational intervention was completed by 30 patients (83%), and 33 patients (92%) completed the 16-hour Affect School. One-week post-intervention median test score changes were significantly favorable for 27 respondents, with p < .05 after correction for multiple testing for 9 of 11 measures (depression, anxiety, alexithymia, MUPS, general health, self-affirmation, self-love, self-blame, and self-hate); 18 months post intervention the results remained significantly favorable for 15 respondents for 7 of 11 measures (depression, alexithymia, MUPS, general health, self-affirmation, self-love, and self-hate).
conclusionsA psychoeducational method previously untested in primary care for mostly women patients on sick-leave due to depression, anxiety, or fibromyalgia had >80% participation rates, and clear improvements of self-assessed psychological symptoms and MUPS. The ASSA intervention thus showed adequate feasibility in a Swedish primary care setting. Key Points A pilot study of a psychoeducational intervention - The Affect School and Script Analyses (ASSA) - was performed in primary care • The intervention showed feasibility for patients on sick-leave due to depression, anxiety, or fibromyalgia • 92% completed the 8 weeks/16 hours Affect School and 83% completed the entire 26-hour ASSA intervention • 9 of 11 self-reported measures improved significantly one-week post intervention • 7 of 11 self-reported measures improved significantly 18 months post-intervention.
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