Clinical Trial: The Living With a Long-Term Condition Study
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Asthma
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Testing the Reliability and Validity of a New Measure for Illness-related Distress.
Brief Summary:
Psychological distress (anxiety and depression) is common in and experienced differently by people living with long-term health conditions (LTCs).Being able to measure whether psychological distress is related to living with a LTC would allow researchers and clinicians to provide interventions specifically tailored to the challenges of living with a LTC and therefore provide the most appropriate support for these patients.Such a measure would also be useful in research to identify the presence of illness-related…
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