Resource utilization of patients with hypochondriacal health anxiety and somatization.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

To examine the resource utilization of patients with high levels of somatization and health-related anxiety.

DESIGN:

Consecutive patients on randomly chosen days completed a self-report questionnaire assessing somatization and health-related, hypochondriacal anxiety. Their medical care utilization in the year preceding and following completion of the questionnaire was obtained from an automated patient record. The utilization of patients above and below a predetermined threshold on the questionnaire was then compared.

Randomised controlled trial of disclosure of emotionally important events in somatisation in primary care.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To test whether a disclosure intervention improves subjective health and reduces medical consumption and sick leave in somatising patients in general practice.

DESIGN:

Non-blind randomised controlled trial.

SETTING:

10 general practices in the Netherlands.

PARTICIPANTS:

161 patients who frequently attended general practice with somatising symptoms.

INTERVENTION:

Health-related quality of life in Persian Gulf War Veterans.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this investigation is to describe the health-related quality of life of Persian Gulf War (GW) veterans and to examine the effects of current chronic medical conditions and psychiatric status on physical functioning.

METHODS:

Predictors of posttraumatic stress among victims of motor vehicle accidents.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

This study identified factors that predict individual vulnerability to psychological trauma by examining the relationships among situation and person variables and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1, 6, and 12 months after a serious motor vehicle accident (MVA).

METHODS:

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