Identification of barriers and difficulties involved in the process of diagnosing somatic symptom disorders in primary care - a representative nationwide survey among family practitioners

Identification of barriers and difficulties involved in the process of diagnosing somatic symptom disorders in primary care - a representative nationwide survey among family practitioners - BeSSD-GP

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00012942

Enrollment

1222

Registered

2017-10-02

Start date

2018-02-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder DSM-IV Somatoform Disorder

Interventions

Group 1: General practitioners will respond on a survey regarding their experiences with the diagnostic process of somatoform disorders and the somatic symptom disorder.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: General practitioners with occupational title of General medicine, inner medicine, child- and adolescent medicine, or Praktischer Arzt. Occupation in a practice, a Union of practices, or a Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diagnosis and treatment of unclear and burdensome somatic symptoms in general practice (questionnaire items)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Evaluation of diagnostic categories of the somatic symptom disorder (DSM-5)(questionnaire items)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMarco Lehmann

Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

ma.lehmann@uke.de040 7410 53545

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026