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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR944
Date of registration: 29/03/2007
Primary sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Public title: Group training for hepatitis C patients to improve quality of life.
Scientific title: Group training for hepatitis C patients to improve quality of life. - Intervention for hepatitis C patients
Date of first enrolment: 1/3/2007
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: recruiting
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=944
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Not applicable; Group: Parallel; Type: -  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: A.  Spijker, van 't
Address:  Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, P.O. Box 2040 Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: + 31 10-4087839
Email: a.vantspijker@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: A.  Beerthuizen
Address:  Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, P.O. Box 2040 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)10 4088234
Email: a.beerthuizen@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Hepatitis C;
2. Age 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with an insufficient grasp of the Dutch language to be able to participate in a training project;
2. Patients with a psychiatric illness;
3. Patients who are / have been succesfully treated with Interferon


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatitis C, Intervention, Quality of life, Psychosocial

Intervention(s)
150 patients will participate in a group training (problem solving therapy), to improve quality of life by teaching patients skills that aid in coping with the consequences of the disease. This training consists of 8 sessions of 2 hours. To evaluate this training, participants as well as the 150 controls will complete a questionnaire before the start of the training, right after and 6 months after the training. When the intervention is effective, controls will participate in this training after the end of this research project.
Primary Outcome(s)
Quality of life (SF-36), the participants will complete this questionnaire at baseline, T1 (right after the training) and at T2 (6 months after the last session of the training)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Health status (Euroqol-5D), Health & Labour Questionnaire, Depression
(Beck Depression Inventory, BDI), problem orientation and problem
solving skills (Social Problem Solving Inventory, SPSI).
The participants will complete these questionnaires at baseline, T1 and
T2 (see primary outcome).

Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN58830535
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Health Insurance Company Nuts Ohra
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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