Clinical trial NCT04040972: Rebalance: Compassion Focused Therapy in a Transdiagnostic Health Group
Official title: Rebalance: Group Compassion Focussed Therapy for People With Transdiagnostic Chronic Health Conditions - a Case Series
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Psychological Adjustment
Compassion
Chronic Disease
Lead sponsor: University of Edinburgh
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: NHS Lothian
First posted: 2019-08-01
Enrollment: 6
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study evaluates the use of group Compassion Focussed Therapy in a population with various and/or multiple long term health conditions. A multiple baseline, single case experimental design will be used with a view to evaluate changes in psychological adjustment and compassion. Daily data and weekly questionnaire batteries will be collected across a baseline period and ten weeks of group intervention. Participants will be those already referred to the group by a clinician as part of their routine care.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Experiencing difficulties adjusting to one or more chronic physical health condition(s)
* Willing and motivated to attend a nine-week group facilitated in English
* Exhibit sufficient interpersonal skills and impulse control to allow them to engage with group members without disrupting group dynamics
* Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Moderate or severe impairment of cognitive function
* Primary problem related to drug or alcohol misuse
* Actively suicidal or experiencing an acute deterioration in their mental health including experiencing an acute psychotic episode

Primary outcomes:
measure: The compassionate engagement and action scales (assessing change over time)
timeFrame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up.
measure: Work and social adjustment scale (assessing change over time)
timeFrame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
measure: Self-efficacy for managing chronic disease scale (assessing change over time)
timeFrame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
measure: Illness Cognition Questionnaire (assessing change over time)
timeFrame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
measure: The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (assessing change over time)
timeFrame: Recorded weekly throughout baseline period and ten week intervention. Also collected once at 3 month follow up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Daily diary questions (assessing change over time)
timeFrame: Daily throughout baseline (14-5 days) and intervention (10 weeks). May also be collected for 7 days at time of three month follow up.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Edinburgh
country: United Kingdom
facility: NHS Lothian Clinical Health Psychology Service
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