Predictors of a functional somatic syndrome diagnosis in patients with persistent functional somatic symptoms

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 206-212

  Kingma, Eva M ^a   De Jonge, Peter ^a   Ormel, Johan ^a   Rosmalen, Judith G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional somatic symptoms; Functional somatic syndromes; Intelligence; Label; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 84877922853     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-012-9251-4     Document Type: Article

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