TY - JOUR
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Humans
KW - Models, Psychological
KW - Needs Assessment/statistics & numerical data
KW - Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/statistics & numerical data
KW - Personality Assessment/statistics & numerical data
KW - Prognosis
KW - Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data
KW - Psychophysiologic Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Sick Role
KW - Somatoform Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
AU - P. de Jonge
AU - F. J. Huyse
AU - J. P. Slaets
AU - W. Sollner
AU - F. C. Stiefel
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: Lack of operationalization of the biopsychosocial model hinders its effective application to the increasingly prevalent problems of comorbidities in clinical presentations. Here, we describe the INTERMED, an instrument to assess biopsychosocial case complexity in general health care, and provide an overview of its psychometric evaluation. METHOD: Review and summary of our publications to date, and re-analysis of findings. RESULTS: The INTERMED has face-validity, is brief and easy to use, and several research reports support its reliability and validity. It has the capacity to detect patients at risk for poor clinical outcome and quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: The INTERMED project is relevant to various agents involved in the care process. It provides a basis for effective multidisciplinary treatment of patients with a high case complexity.
BT - The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
C5 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 9
CY - Australia
DO - 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01684.x
IS - 9
JF - The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Lack of operationalization of the biopsychosocial model hinders its effective application to the increasingly prevalent problems of comorbidities in clinical presentations. Here, we describe the INTERMED, an instrument to assess biopsychosocial case complexity in general health care, and provide an overview of its psychometric evaluation. METHOD: Review and summary of our publications to date, and re-analysis of findings. RESULTS: The INTERMED has face-validity, is brief and easy to use, and several research reports support its reliability and validity. It has the capacity to detect patients at risk for poor clinical outcome and quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: The INTERMED project is relevant to various agents involved in the care process. It provides a basis for effective multidisciplinary treatment of patients with a high case complexity.
PP - Australia
PY - 2005
SN - 0004-8674; 0004-8674
SP - 795
EP - 799
EP - 
T1 - Operationalization of biopsychosocial case complexity in general health care: the INTERMED project
T2 - The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
TI - Operationalization of biopsychosocial case complexity in general health care: the INTERMED project
U1 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 16168037
U3 - 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01684.x
VL - 39
VO - 0004-8674; 0004-8674
Y1 - 2005
ER -