Population
chronic somatic illnesses, chronic somatic illness
DISORDER, RECRUITMENT
The included patients were adults with one or more chronic somatic illnesses, who had given their consent, who spoke French, who were able to carry out a creative and physical activity and who had no chronic psychiatric disorder unrelated to a chronic somatic illness, and had been offered participation in MBATs proposed within the FCS. Additionally, advertising in local press was set up to bolster recruitment. All participants had been informed by a clinical department of Nantes University Hospital or had read about the research in the local press. The inclusion period spanned from August to September 2016.