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Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
INTRODUCTION: Persistent and distressing somatic symptoms are common in younger age cohorts such as university students. However, the majority does not receive adequate psychosocial care. Internet-based and mobile-based interventions may represent low threshold and effective extensions to reduce som...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598489 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024929 |
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author | Hennemann, Severin Böhme, Katja Baumeister, Harald Bendig, Eileen Kleinstäuber, Maria Ebert, David Daniel Witthöft, Michael |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Persistent and distressing somatic symptoms are common in younger age cohorts such as university students. However, the majority does not receive adequate psychosocial care. Internet-based and mobile-based interventions may represent low threshold and effective extensions to reduce somatic and associated mental symptom severity. The planned study aims to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of an internet-based intervention in reducing somatic and psychological symptoms in an international population of university students with somatic symptom burden. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This parallel two-armed randomised controlled trial evaluates an 8-week guided intervention, including web-based consecutive modules based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles against a waitlist control group. Guidance will be provided by trained psychologists with weekly written supportive feedback. As part of the ‘Studicare’ project, the present study aims to recruit n=154 university students indicating somatic symptom burden at baseline in German-speaking universities. Self-report assessments will take place at baseline and after intervention completion (8, 16 weeks after randomisation). The primary outcome will be the severity of somatic symptoms and associated mental distress. Secondary outcomes include depression, (health) anxiety, disability, intervention satisfaction and adherence. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval has been granted. Results from this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: DRKS00014375; Pre-results. |
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spelling | pubmed-63185142019-01-14 Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial Hennemann, Severin Böhme, Katja Baumeister, Harald Bendig, Eileen Kleinstäuber, Maria Ebert, David Daniel Witthöft, Michael BMJ Open Mental Health INTRODUCTION: Persistent and distressing somatic symptoms are common in younger age cohorts such as university students. However, the majority does not receive adequate psychosocial care. Internet-based and mobile-based interventions may represent low threshold and effective extensions to reduce somatic and associated mental symptom severity. The planned study aims to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of an internet-based intervention in reducing somatic and psychological symptoms in an international population of university students with somatic symptom burden. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This parallel two-armed randomised controlled trial evaluates an 8-week guided intervention, including web-based consecutive modules based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles against a waitlist control group. Guidance will be provided by trained psychologists with weekly written supportive feedback. As part of the ‘Studicare’ project, the present study aims to recruit n=154 university students indicating somatic symptom burden at baseline in German-speaking universities. Self-report assessments will take place at baseline and after intervention completion (8, 16 weeks after randomisation). The primary outcome will be the severity of somatic symptoms and associated mental distress. Secondary outcomes include depression, (health) anxiety, disability, intervention satisfaction and adherence. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval has been granted. Results from this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: DRKS00014375; Pre-results. BMJ Publishing Group 2018-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6318514/ /pubmed/30598489 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024929 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Mental Health Hennemann, Severin Böhme, Katja Baumeister, Harald Bendig, Eileen Kleinstäuber, Maria Ebert, David Daniel Witthöft, Michael Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
title | Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
title_full | Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
title_short | Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
title_sort | efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (isoma) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
topic | Mental Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598489 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024929 |
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