title: Recommendations for clinical studies in psychosomatic medicine.
abstract: To minimize discrepancies that may arise in clinical studies concerned with psychosomatic medicine, a set of methodologic recommendations was developed. Issues in design, sampling, collection of data and statistical inference are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Fava
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012107:Research Design; D012803:Sick Role