MUS Med Unexplained Symptoms
| Chief Investigator: |
Prof Athula Sumathipala, Prof Carolyn Chew-Graham |
| Principal Investigator: | |
| Study Co-ordinator: |
Mr Tom Shepherd |
| Funder name / reference number: | SPCR, NIHR School for Primary Care Research |
| UKCRN Study portfolio: | CPMS ID 20757 |
| Year | 2016 |
Study design
Qualitative study - Can Metaphors Usefully Represent Underlying CBT Principles for Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), and How Acceptable are Such Generic and MUS Specific Metaphors to Patients and Practitioners?
Primary objective
• To explore the acceptability of metaphors to people with Medically unexplained symptioms (MUS) and practitioners who manage people with MUS.
• To achieve consensus among practitioners (GPs, IAPT therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists) and people with MUS on the appropriateness of the metaphors discussed.
• To agree a series of metaphors to be central in the development of an intervention which could be tested in an acceptability and feasibility randomised controlled trial