GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY, vol. 20, n° 3, 1998, pages 155-159, 13 réf., ISSN 0163-8343, USA
ESCOBAR (J.I.), GARA (M.), WAITZKIN (H.) *, SILVER (R.C.), HOLMAN (A.), COMPTON (W.) *
Department of Psychiatry. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Piscataway New Jersey. USA, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior. School of Social Ecology. University of California. Irvine California. USA
The object of this study was to assess the prevalence and correlates of the DSM-IV diagnosis of hypochondriasis in a primary care setting.
A large sample (N=1456) of primary care users was given a structured interview to make diagnoses of mood, anxiety, and somatoform disorders and estimate levels of disability.
The prevalence of hypochondriasis (DSM-IV) was about 3%. Patients with this disorder had higher levels of medically unexplained symptoms (abridged somatization) and were more impaired in their physical functioning than patients without the disorder.
Of the various psychopathologies examined, major depressive syndromes were the most. frequent among patients with hypochondriasis Interestingly, unlike somatization disorder, hypochondriasis was not related to any demographic factor.
Hypochondriasis is a relatively rare condition in primary care that is largely separable fron somatization disorder but seems closely intertwined with the more severe depressive syndromes.
Mots-clés BDSP : Prévalence, Soins santé primaire, Symptôme, Epidémiologie, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Psychopathologie, Homme, Trouble psychosomatique
Mots-clés Pascal : Hypochondrie, Prévalence, Soin santé primaire, Symptomatologie, Epidémiologie, Californie, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Santé mentale, Homme, Trouble somatoforme
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Hypochondria, Prevalence, Primary health care, Symptomatology, Epidemiology, California, United States, North America, America, Mental health, Human, Somatoform disorder
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Code Inist : 002B18C10. Création : 25/01/1999.