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Helping Urgent Care Users Cope With Distress About Physical Complaints: A Randomised Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating (Remote) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Frequent Utilisers of Urgent Medical Care Who Have High Health Anxiety. Completed, enrolled 156 participants across 4 sites.
Detailed Summary
To determine the cost and clinical effectiveness of offering 6-10 sessions of remotely delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) via video calling or over the telephone for health anxiety in repeated utilisers of unscheduled/urgent care versus treatment as usual. To optimise the delivery of CBT for health anxiety delivered remotely by systematically identifying and then acting on barriers and enablers to the intervention through a network of practice.
Study Details
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Interventions
Randomised controlled trial of 6-10 sessions of CBT for health anxiety delivered remotely via video calling or the telephone versus treatment as usual. Treatment as usual will be that decided by the patient with their general practitioner and other health providers they consult for unscheduled/urgent care.