PMID- 28917395
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180515
LR  - 20180602
IS  - 1873-7714 (Electronic)
IS  - 0163-8343 (Linking)
VI  - 48
DP  - 2017 Sep
TI  - Monitoring somatic symptoms in patients with mental disorders: Sensitivity to 
      change and minimal clinically important difference of the Somatic Symptom Scale - 
      8 (SSS-8).
PG  - 51-55
LID - S0163-8343(17)30132-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.07.002 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The SSS-8 is a brief questionnaire for the assessment of somatic 
      symptom burden. This study examines its sensitivity to change and the minimal 
      clinically important difference (MCID) in patients with mental disorders. METHOD: 
      55 outpatients with mental disorders completed the SSS-8 and measures of anxiety, 
      depression, and disability before and after receiving treatment. Effect sizes and 
      correlations between the change scores were calculated. The MCID was estimated 
      using a one standard error of measurement threshold and the change in disability 
      as an external criterion. RESULTS: There was a medium decline in somatic symptom 
      burden for the complete sample (n=55, d(z)=0.53) and a large decline in a 
      subgroup with very high somatic symptom burden at baseline (n=11, d(z)=0.94). 
      Decreases in somatic symptom burden were associated with decreases in anxiety 
      (r=0.68, p<0.001), depression (r=0.62, p<0.001) and disability (r=0.51, p<0.001). 
      The MCID was estimated as a 3-point decrease. CONCLUSION: The SSS-8 is sensitive 
      to change. A 3-point decrease reflects a clinically important improvement. Due to 
      its brevity and sound psychometric properties, the SSS-8 is useful for monitoring 
      somatic symptom burden.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Gierk, Benjamin
AU  - Gierk B
AD  - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Asklepios Clinic North, Hamburg, 
      Germany. Electronic address: benjamin.gierk@gmx.de.
FAU - Kohlmann, Sebastian
AU  - Kohlmann S
AD  - University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Schon Clinic 
      Hamburg Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany.
FAU - Hagemann-Goebel, Marion
AU  - Hagemann-Goebel M
AD  - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Asklepios Clinic North, Hamburg, 
      Germany.
FAU - Lowe, Bernd
AU  - Lowe B
AD  - University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Schon Clinic 
      Hamburg Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany.
FAU - Nestoriuc, Yvonne
AU  - Nestoriuc Y
AD  - University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Schon Clinic 
      Hamburg Eilbek, Hamburg, Germany.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170718
PL  - United States
TA  - Gen Hosp Psychiatry
JT  - General hospital psychiatry
JID - 7905527
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Medically Unexplained Symptoms
MH  - Mental Disorders/*diagnosis/*therapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Minimal Clinically Important Difference
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*standards
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Minimal clinically important difference
OT  - SSS-8
OT  - Sensitivity to change
OT  - Somatic symptom burden
EDAT- 2017/09/18 06:00
MHDA- 2018/05/16 06:00
CRDT- 2017/09/18 06:00
PHST- 2017/03/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/07/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/07/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/09/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/05/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0163-8343(17)30132-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.07.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2017 Sep;48:51-55. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.07.002. 
      Epub 2017 Jul 18.