Health-related Quality of Life in Patients at Nordic Clinic

Nordic Clinic is a private clinic for personalised treatment based on the Functional Medicine concept. In summary, functional medicine is aimed at addressing the lifestyle and behavioral factors that are believed to contribute to the symptoms the patient suffers from. In short, the treatment is based on a timeline of health-related life events, current lifestyle factors and behaviors and physiological examinations to develop a personalised lifestyle program. The main component of the treatment provided at Nordic Clinic is in-depth lifestyle coaching to achieve the desired behavioral and lifestyle changes. Working at the clinic is a clinical physiologist, nutritionist, physician specialist in general medicine and researchers work. The vast majority of people who apply for the clinic have long-standing symptoms that have been investigated by the healthcare system without any organic explanation for the symptoms having been identified. Common causes are gastrointestinal problems, persistent fatigue and insomnia. The aim of the study is to investigate symptom-borne and health-related quality of life during and after treatment and to identify predictors of improvement of health-related quality of life. The main purpose is to investigate whether the health-related quality of life is improved during treatment. This is an observational study and all adult patients who are able to complete the web form in Swedish at the clinic are asked to participate. Participants who give consent will receive a link to the questionnaire via email once a month for one year and once after two years. Participants are recruited for two years, and will be completed after the last questionnaire is completed by the last included participant, ie autumn 2022. In addition to the self-assessments, the number of visits to the clinic, sampling and results, who finances the treatment and treatment plan are recorded. The first aim is to investigate improvement in symptom burden and health related quality of life during and after treatment (does symptom burden and health related quality of improve during treatment and are improvements stable at the 2 year follow-up?) The second aim is to investigate factors that predict recovery (Do persons with a high level of motivation for behavioural change experience a better improvement in symptom burden and health related quality of life than persons with a low level of motivation for behavioural change?).