The reassurance questionnaire (RQ): Psychometric properties of a self-report questionnaire to assess reassurability

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 841-847

  Speckens, A E M ^a,b,c   Spinhoven, P ^a,b   Van Hemert, A M ^a,b   Bolk, J H ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033866616     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799002378     Document Type: Article

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