Intervention
depression, disability, anxiety
CHRONIC CONDITIONS, SECONDARY
The Chronic Conditions Course is a remotely delivered intervention aiming to promote adjustment to chronic health conditions. It is based on CBT and transdiagnostic principles and was designed to deliver psychoeducation and self-management skills to adults with a broad range of health conditions. It consisted of five core modules delivered sequentially across eight weeks, with recommended home-based tasks, case stories, and additional resources also provided (e.g. managing sleep, challenging beliefs). Modules were presented in slideshow format via the eCentreClinic software platform and required approximately 20 min to complete. In brief, the modules covered psychoeducation on chronic health conditions and psychological adjustment, cognitive-behavioural formulation, cognitive challenging, behavioural activation, controlled breathing, activity pacing, graded exposure, goal-setting and managing health lapses. Participants also had individual weekly contact with a study clinician (a registered psychologist or clinical psychologist) for 8 weeks via telephone or secure messaging. The primary outcome measures of the trial were depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and disability; overall life satisfaction constituted a secondary outcome. For a comprehensive description of the program, including its the structure and content, see Dear et al. [