Patient Health Questionnaire 15 as a generic measure of severity in fibromyalgia syndrome: Surveys with patients of three different settings

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 307-311

  Häuser, Winfried ^a,b   Brähler, Elmar ^c   Wolfe, Frederick ^d,e   Henningsen, Peter ^b  

^a KLINIKUM SAARBRÜCKEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Fibromyalgia syndrome; Functional somatic syndrome; Patient health questionnaire 15; Psychological distress; Severity grading; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 4; POLYSYMPTOMATIC DISTRESS SCALE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGIONAL PAIN SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DISABILITY; FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYNDROME; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; SEVERITY GRADING; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN CLINICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895920373     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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