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Change in Bodily Distress Syndrome checklist (BDS checklist)
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting)
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of symptom severity. Score range 0-100. Higher score indicating a higher degree of symptom severity.
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Change in Limitation index Questionnaire
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), before psychiatric consultation (approximately 2 weeks after clinical assessment), and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting)
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of symptom interference. Score range 0-36 with higher score indicating a higher degree of limitation.
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Change in Whiteley 7
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting)
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of illness worry. Overall mean item score range from 0-4 with higher scores indicating a higher degree of illness worry.
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Change in SCL-8 Questionnaire
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting)
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of emotional distress. Overall mean score range from 0-4 with higher scores indicating a higher degree of emotional distress.
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Change in SF-36 PCS
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting)
Aggregate score from questionnaire - physical component summary. Patient rated. The aggregate score has a mean of 50 and a SD of 10, but no range. Higher scores indicate better physical health.
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Change in SF-36 MCS
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment), and at 2, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to group start, 8th, 9th module and follow up meeting)
Aggregate score from questionnaire - mental component summary. Patient rated. The aggregate score has a mean of 50 and a SD of 10, but no range. Higher scores indicate better mental health.
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Change in IPQ-R Illness Perceptions Questionnaire
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment) and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting)
Questionnaire, patient rated. Treatment target. Score range 0-80 with higher scores reflecting a more maladaptive view of the illness.
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Change in BRIQ Behavioural Responses to Illness Questionnaire
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment) and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting)
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of illness related behaviour. Treatment target. Measures two dimensions of illness behaviour i.e. limiting behaviour (score range 7-35) and all-or-nothing behaviour (score range 6-30). Higher scores indicate a higher degree of maladaptive behaviour.
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Change in AFQ-Y8 (Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire in Youth)
Time frame: At baseline (i.e. at clinical assessment) and at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 months (corresponding to before therapy, after 4th, 8th, 9th module and at follow up meeting)
Questionnaire, patient rated. Assessment of psychological flexibility. Treatment target. Score range 0-32 with higher scores relfecting a higher degree of psychological inflexibility.
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PGIC (Patient Global Impression of Change)
Time frame: At 8 months corresponding to at follow up meeting
Questionnaire, patient rated. 7 point scale with answers ranging from "no change or condition gotten worse" to "a great deal better and a considerable improvement that has made all the difference".
