The Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8): A brief measure of somatic symptom burden

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 399-407

  Gierk, Benjamin ^a,b   Kohlmann, Sebastian ^a,b   Kroenke, Kurt ^c,d,e   Spangenberg, Lena ^f   Zenger, Markus ^f   Braḧler, Elmar ^f   Loẅe, Bernd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Schon Klinik Hamburg Eilbek   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA HSR D Center for Health Information and Communication   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOMATIC SYMPTOM; SOMATIC SYMPTOM SCALE 8; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84897691370     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12179     Document Type: Article

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