Psychotraumatology in Somatic Medicine

Psychotraumatology in Somatic Medicine - Gynecological Consultation

Psychotraumatology is clinically highly relevant, especially in the medical-somatic disciplines. Despite progress in recent decades, the clinical care is still inadequate - with unfavorable health effects for affected patients. There are avoidable burdens for involved clinicians and the health care system as a whole, also in terms of costs. With this background, our long-term project combines different research levels. Besides clarifying the clinical phenomenon, it aims to examine 1) the influence of traumatization on the physician-patient interaction as well as 2) the current psychological stress of the patients. Furthermore, 3) moderating factors on the side of the physicians, such as professional experience on the physician-patient interaction will be examined.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Trauma, Psychological; Somatic
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Questionnaires

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 200

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • St.Gallen, Switzerland, 9007
    • Katja Haemmerli Keller

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Female patients of the preventive consultation of the gynecological clinic of the cantonal hospital St.Gallen

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• At least 18 years old
• Female patients of the preventive consultation of the gynecological clinic of the cantonal hospital St.Gallen

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe mental disorder (e.g. dissociative disorder)
• Insufficient knowledge of German

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quality of physician-patient relationship	German version of the questionnaire "Patient Reactions Assessment Instruments" (PRA-D; Brenk-Franz et al., 2016)	Day 0

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Early traumatization	German version of the questionnaire "Childhood Trauma Questionnaire" (CTQ, Bernstein und Fink, 1998)	Day 0
Current traumatization	German version of the questionnaire "Impact of Event Scale-Revised" (IES-R; Weiss & Marmar, 1997)	Day 0
Anxiety & Depression	German version of the questionnaire "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale" (HADS; Herrmann et al., 1995; Hermann-Lingen et al., 2011)	Day 0
Dissociative symptoms	German questionnaire on dissociative symptoms (FDS-20; Spitzer et al., 2021)	Day 0
General distress	German version of the questionnaire "distress thermometer" (BTH; Mehnert et al., 2006)	Day 0

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 19, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 30, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 25, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): March 28, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 28, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 25, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Psychological Trauma
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2020-02551

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No