Health-related life events in patients with somatic symptom disorders
A case control study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19272154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Balaswamy Reddy (0000-0003-3199-6683, G.K. Reddy Hospital, Kadapa, India), Santosh K Chaturvedi (0000-0002-3675-1389, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences), Geetha Desai (0000-0002-6903-1054, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India, corresponding author), Narayana Manjunatha (0000-0003-2718-7904, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India), Srinivas Guruprasad (0000-0002-4935-9108, G.K. Reddy Hospital, Kadapa, India) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 265-270 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020764019842278 |
| PMID | 30969143 |
| OpenAlex | W2939150391 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
BACKGROUND: The positive association between adverse life events and somatoform disorders is a consistent observation. But no systematic studies have evaluated the relationship between health-related life events (HLEs) in patients with somatic symptom disorder (SSD)/somatoform disorders. AIM: To examine the nature and relationship of HLE in patients with SSD and to assess the correlates of HLE. METHODS: A total of 50 adult patients with SSD and 50 matched healthy controls from a Neuropsychiatric hospital were recruited. Sociodemographic interview, scale for assessment of somatic symptoms (SASS), Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) and a semi-structured interview schedule to gather information on HLE were used. RESULTS: Patients in the SSD group had a significantly higher number of total HLE in general (4.72 ± 2.63, 3.36 ± 1.92; p = .004), major HLE (1.48 ± 1.45, 0.68 ± 0.94; p = .006), during their lifetime in comparison to controls. Infections, trauma, non-communicable diseases and reproductive system-related diseases were the more common types of HLE in SSD group. CONCLUSION: Our findings may implicate a role of major HLE of patients and HLE of their family members in the pathophysiology of SSD
Anxiety · Depressive symptoms · Patient Health Questionnaire · Psychiatry · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Traumatic Brain Injury Research
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |