title: [The association of unwanted drug effects and increased psychovegetative lability].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Based on a history of unwanted drug effects, patients had to undergo a series of exposure tests to identify alternative non-invasive drugs. In our study we examined if psychosomatic factors (in the sense of psychovegetative lability) occurred more frequently in patients with unwanted drug effects.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this purpose, 91 patients filled out a series of questionnaires for the assessment of mental factors. The questionnaires used were the BEB (a questionnaire for the assessment of psychosomatic complaints), the TICS questionnaire (Trierer questionnaire of chronic stress), the scale "critical life events" of LRF-LE and the anxiety questionnaire "STAI".
  
  
  RESULTS
  All scales which were used for the assessment of the psychosomatic complaint status (BEB) showed increased values. Chronic stress factors (TICS) and anxiety (STAI) did not play a role. Critical life events occurred more often.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of unwanted drug effects is associated with psychosomatic complaints and acute critical life events. This enables the patient to get a complex understanding for the explanation of the complaints.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatische Dermatologie und Urologie, Universität Leipzig, Semmelweisstr. 10, 04103 Leipzig, Deutschland. kurt.seikowski@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seikowski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Treudler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult