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Can I read Counselling in Primary Care: a Randomised Controlled Trial on EtoBox?
Counselling in Primary Care: a Randomised Controlled Trial by Adrian Hemmings is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Counselling in Primary Care: a Randomised Controlled Trial about?
A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of counselling (In-House Counselled (IHC) group) compared to routine advice from General Practitioners (Routine Treatment (RT) group) was conducted with three practices and a total of 188 patients in East Sussex. Changes in interpersonal problems using the 32 item Inventory of Interpersonal Problems, symptoms of psychological distress using the Symptom Index and self esteem using Repertory Grids were compared between groups at four months and after a further four month follow-up. A questionnaire monitoring patient service satisfaction was given to those who had received In-House counselling. The number of counselling sessions, early withdrawals and refusers was also monitored. In order to facilitate interprofessional communication, the three counsellors and a GP representative from each practice met monthly for an Action Learning group, led by an external facilitator to provide a forum to discuss working practices. The group met six times for two and a half hours. An audit of the participants' medical notes was carried out at the end of the study to establish any changes in subsequent use of medical services and prescribing pattern
Who reads Counselling in Primary Care: a Randomised Controlled Trial?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Health Professions.
- Author
- Adrian Hemmings
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0738-3991)
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)