[Testing a screening strategy for identifying psychosomatic patients in gynecologic practice]

Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 1997 May;47(5):156-62.
[Article in German]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Genital Diseases, Female / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data*
  • Pregnancy
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders / psychology
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sick Role
  • Stress, Psychological / complications