[Testing a screening strategy for identifying psychosomatic patients in gynecologic practice].
In a pilot-study 103 gynecological outpatients answered a gynecological questionnaire (FGB) including items of the (non-gynecological) complaints questionnaire (GBB) and a mood questionnaire (BSF). Cluster analyses of the FGB- and BSF-scores identify four groups. One group, consisting of 26 outpatients (= 25%), has as high GBB- and BSF-scores as a group of 256 psychosomatic in-patients answering these questionnaires at the beginning of their psychosomatic therapy. These 26 outpatients are labeled as high risk patients. Further results show high correlations between all FGB- and GBB-scores among the gynecological outpatients. A significant connection between the four group classification and ten biopsychosocial variables is found only for the variable professional state. The results are seen as a first confirmation of the tested screening-strategy. Moreover they give evidence that further investigations should pay more attention to the connection between job strain and gynecological complaints or disorders.
Hörhold
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M
Abteilung für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Bolduan
D
D
Klapp
C
C
Volger
H
H
Scholler
G
G
Klapp
B
B
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012803:Sick Role; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications