Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 427-437, May 2010

Screening for multiple somatic complaints in a population-based survey: Does excessive symptom reporting capture the concept of somatic symptom disorders?☆

Findings from the MONICA-KORA Cohort Study

  • Karl Heinz Ladwig

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 3187 3623; fax: +49 89 3187 3667.
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  • Birgitt Marten-Mittag

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Maria Elena Lacruz

      Affiliations

    • Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Peter Henningsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Francis Creed

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Group, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • for the MONICA KORA Investigators

Received 2 November 2009; received in revised form 5 January 2010; accepted 14 January 2010. published online 02 March 2010.

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☆ The MONICA-KORA Augsburg studies are financed by the Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health.

PII: S0022-3999(10)00014-0

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.01.009

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 5 , Pages 427-437, May 2010

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