The speciAL intervention improved mental quality of life (55% versus 34%) and symptom severity at 6 months, but physical component improvements were non-significant¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Schaefert et al.'s speciAL intervention showed significant mental component quality-of-life improvements in both groups with larger improvements in the intervention group (55% versus 34%), and a 4-point increase the authors identified as clinically significant. → Thursby Stacie 2024 q2 i? Physical component quality of life at 12 months showed non-significant improvements in both groups, though the physical functioning domain was significant in the intervention group; symptom severity improvements were significant at 6 months but no longer significant at 12 months. → Thursby Stacie 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Thursby Stacie 2024¶

Thursby Stacie, Dismore Lorelle, Swainston Katherine. (2024). Clinical skills development for healthcare practitioners working with patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) in healthcare settings: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05306-4

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The review reports the speciAL RCT (Schaefert et al., 2013) secondary outcome SF-36 Mental Composite Score at 12 months: significant improvements in both groups, larger in the intervention group (55% versus 34%), with a 4-point overall increase treated as clinically significant.

"Schaefert and colleagues [33] measured the mental component of quality of life and the results showed significant improvements in both groups, with slightly larger improvements in the intervention group (55% versus 34%)."

Thursby Stacie 2024 (2)¶

Thursby Stacie, Dismore Lorelle, Swainston Katherine. (2024). Clinical skills development for healthcare practitioners working with patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) in healthcare settings: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05306-4

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review reports the speciAL RCT primary outcome, SF-36 Physical Composite Score at 12 months: non-significant improvements in both groups, with the physical functioning domain significant in the intervention group at 12 months; somatic symptom severity was significant at 6 months only.

"One study measured the physical component section of quality of life at 12 months post-intervention and found non-significant improvements in both the intervention and control groups [33]; at 12 months, however, the physical functioning domain was significant in the intervention group."

Discussion¶

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