TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Anxiety/diagnosis/epidemiology
KW - Cognitive Therapy/methods/statistics & numerical data
KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
KW - Female
KW - Health Status
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Somatoform Disorders/epidemiology/physiopathology/therapy
KW - Time Factors
AU - A. Martin
AU - E. Rauh
AU - M. Fichter
AU - W. Rief
A1 - 
AB - The aim of the study was to evaluate a one-session cognitive-behavior treatment (CBT) versus standard medical care for 140 primary-care patients with multiple somatoform symptoms. DSM-IV diagnoses were assessed with structured interviews. Primary outcome variables were healthcare utilization, number, and severity of somatoform symptoms, and secondary outcome measures were psychopathology dimensions. Assessments were done at study enrollment, at 4-weeks, and at 6-month follow-up. General acceptance of CBT was high (positive session evaluations, low dropout rate: 15%). Using an intent-to-treat analytic strategy, both groups improved. Yet results showed a stronger reduction in doctor visits and somatization severity in CBT versus standard care.
BT - Psychosomatics
C5 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1176/appi.psy.48.4.294
IS - 4
JF - Psychosomatics
N2 - The aim of the study was to evaluate a one-session cognitive-behavior treatment (CBT) versus standard medical care for 140 primary-care patients with multiple somatoform symptoms. DSM-IV diagnoses were assessed with structured interviews. Primary outcome variables were healthcare utilization, number, and severity of somatoform symptoms, and secondary outcome measures were psychopathology dimensions. Assessments were done at study enrollment, at 4-weeks, and at 6-month follow-up. General acceptance of CBT was high (positive session evaluations, low dropout rate: 15%). Using an intent-to-treat analytic strategy, both groups improved. Yet results showed a stronger reduction in doctor visits and somatization severity in CBT versus standard care.
PP - United States
PY - 2007
SN - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
SP - 294
EP - 303
EP - 
T1 - A one-session treatment for patients suffering from medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: a randomized clinical trial
T2 - Psychosomatics
TI - A one-session treatment for patients suffering from medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: a randomized clinical trial
U1 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 17600165
U3 - 10.1176/appi.psy.48.4.294
VL - 48
VO - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
Y1 - 2007
ER -