Protocol investigating the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy delivered remotely for unscheduled care users with health anxiety: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health anxiety and medically unexplained symptoms cost the National Health Service (NHS) an estimated £3 billion per year in unnecessary costs with little evidence of patient benefit. Effective treatment is rarely taken up due to issues such as stigma or previous negative experiences with mental health services. An approach to overcome this might be to offer remotely delivered psychological therapy, which can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy and may be more accessible and suitable.

Aims

To investigate the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of remotely delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) to people with high health anxiety repeatedly accessing unscheduled care (trial registration: NCT02298036).

Method

A multicentre randomised contr

SUBMITTER: Patel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4995569 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature