Characterization of patients with high somatic symptom severity

Conditions

F45 K50 K51 F41 F32

Sabrina Berens, Rainer Schaefert, Johannes C. Ehrenthal, David Baumeister, Wolfgang Eich et al. (6 authors)

Frontiers in Psychology2021-03-298 citations

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625381

Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and illness anxiety in irritable bowel syndrome - The impact of gender.

Berens S, Banzhaf P, Baumeister D, Gauss A, Eich W, Schaefert R, Tesarz J.

2019-10-1916 citations

10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109846

Does symptom activity explain psychological differences in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease? Results from a multi-center cross-sectional study.

Berens S, Schaefert R, Baumeister D, Gauss A, Eich W, Tesarz J.

2019-09-1325 citations

10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109836

Interventions

Group 1: Crosssectional observational study: Set of questionnaires (somatic complaints, mental burden and psychodynamic characteristics: aversive childhood experiences, structure, attachment, mentaliz

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for patients: high somatic symptom severity (SSS-8 = 8) OR Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD-12) OR GAD-7 =10 OR PHQ-9 =10 OR IBD positiv Inclusion criteria for healthy participants: low somatic symptom severity (SSS-8 <8), no Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD-12), GAD-7 <10, PHQ-9 <10, IBD negativ, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) = 0, no psychic or functional disorder according to patient self-report

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lacking language skills, psychosis, severe cognitive impairment, severe acute organic disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
crossectional observational study (descriptive and explorative): no primary outcome; characterization and group comparisions according to symptom severity (physical: SSS-8, IBS-SSS; mental: GAD-7, PHQ-9, WI-7, PHQ panic module; general: VAS des EQ-5D), diagnostics (DSM-V: Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD-12), ICD-10: somatoform disorder, functional disorder [ROME criteria]) and psychodynamic characteristics (aversive childhood experiences: ACE-criteria, structure: OPD-SF, Metalizing: Mentalizing Questionnaire [MZQ], attachment: ECR-RD und RQ).	—

Measure

Time frame

crossectional observational study (descriptive and explorative): no primary outcome; characterization and group comparisions according to symptom severity (physical: SSS-8, IBS-SSS; mental: GAD-7, PHQ-9, WI-7, PHQ panic module; general: VAS des EQ-5D), diagnostics (DSM-V: Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD-12), ICD-10: somatoform disorder, functional disorder [ROME criteria]) and psychodynamic characteristics (aversive childhood experiences: ACE-criteria, structure: OPD-SF, Metalizing: Mentalizing Questionnaire [MZQ], attachment: ECR-RD und RQ).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSabrina Berens

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Klinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin und Psychosomatik

Sabrina.Berens@med.uni-heidelberg.de062215637357

Outcome results

None listed