Effectiveness of mindfulness-based online therapy or internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy compared with treatment as usual among patients with persistent somatic symptoms: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Velina Vangelova-Korpinen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Velina Vangelova-Korpinen, Helena Liira, Markku Sainio, Antti Malmivaara, Mari Kanerva, Jari Arokoski

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: velina.vangelova-korpinen@hus.fi

  Affiliation Outpatient Clinic for Persistent Symptom Rehabilitation, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1197-0216

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• Helena Liira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Velina Vangelova-Korpinen, Helena Liira, Markku Sainio, Antti Malmivaara, Mari Kanerva, Jari Arokoski

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Outpatient Clinic for Persistent Symptom Rehabilitation, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Samu N. Kurki ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ SNK, JHS, MV and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Molecular and Integrative Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Neuroscience Center, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7531-0957

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• Markku Sainio ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Velina Vangelova-Korpinen, Helena Liira, Markku Sainio, Antti Malmivaara, Mari Kanerva, Jari Arokoski

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Outpatient Clinic for Persistent Symptom Rehabilitation, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Antti Malmivaara ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Velina Vangelova-Korpinen, Helena Liira, Markku Sainio, Antti Malmivaara, Mari Kanerva, Jari Arokoski

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Orton Orthopaedic Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Mari Kanerva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Velina Vangelova-Korpinen, Helena Liira, Markku Sainio, Antti Malmivaara, Mari Kanerva, Jari Arokoski

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Outpatient Clinic for Persistent Symptom Rehabilitation, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Infection Control Unit, Turku University Hospital, The Wellbeing Services County of Southwestern Finland, Turku, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1993-2532

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• Jan-Henry Stenberg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SNK, JHS, MV and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Brain Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Mikko Varonen ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  ¶‡ SNK, JHS, MV and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Outpatient Clinic for Persistent Symptom Rehabilitation, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Mikko Venäläinen ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SNK, JHS, MV and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Physics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

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• Piia Vuorela,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea, Helsinki, Finland

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• Jari Arokoski

  Contributed equally to this work with: Velina Vangelova-Korpinen, Helena Liira, Markku Sainio, Antti Malmivaara, Mari Kanerva, Jari Arokoski

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Rehabilitation, Department of Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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