Somatisation in primary care in Spain: I. Estimates of prevalence and clinical characteristics. Working Group for the Study of the Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Morbidity in Zaragoza (original) (raw)

1996, British Journal of Psychiatry

Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Morbidity in Zaragoza. and clinical characteristics. Working Group for the Study of the Somatisation in primary care in Spain: I. Estimates of prevalence permissions Reprints/ permissions@rcpsych.ac.uk to To obtain reprints or permission to reproduce material from this paper, please write to this article at You can respond http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/eletter-submit/168/3/344 from Downloaded The Royal College of Psychiatrists Published by on July 22, 2011 http://bjp.rcpsych.org/ http://bjp.rcpsych.org/site/subscriptions/ go to: The British Journal of Psychiatry To subscribe to ANTONIOLOBO,JAVIERGARCIA-CAMPAYO, RICARDOCAMPOS, GUILLERMOMARCOS,MAJESUSPEREZ-ECHEVERRIA, andtheGMPPZ Background. This is the first attempt to study the prevalenceand clinicalcharacteristics of somatisation(SD ina representative primarycaresamplein Spain. Method. The sample consistedof 1559 consecutivepatientsattendingeight randomlyse lected health centres in Zaragoza, Spain, examined by two-phase screening. First phase (lay interviewers):Spanish versionsof GHQâ€"28, CAGE questionnaire,substance abuse, Mini Mental State Examination. Secondphase(researchcliniciansand psychiatrists): Standardised Polyvalent Psychiatric Interview, whichpermits thereliable codingof Bridges & Goldberg's ST criteria.

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