The Schedule for Evaluating Persistent Symptoms (SEPS): A new method of recording medically unexplained symptoms

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Tyrer, Helen ^a   Ali, Leila ^a   Cooper, Faye ^a   Seivewright, Paula ^a   Bassett, Paul ^b   Tyrer, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Statsconsultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Functional symptoms; Health anxiety; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84879203396     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012438484     Document Type: Article

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