Association of somatic symptoms with depression and anxiety in clinical patients of general hospitals in Guangzhou, China

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Zhu, Chunyan ^a   Ou, Liming ^b   Geng, Qingshan ^c   Zhang, Meilan ^b   Ye, Ruifan ^b   Chen, Jian ^b   Jiang, Wei ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Department of Health of Guangdong Province ^*  (China)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical patients; Depression; Somatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15 ITEM SOMATIC SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857372515     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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