0000000000214912
AUTHOR
Winfried Häuser
Validation of the German version of the Bodily Distress Syndrome 25 checklist in a representative German population sample
Abstract Objective The Bodily Distress Syndrome 25 (BDS 25) checklist is a self-report instrument that can be used for case finding of a BDS in both clinical practice and research. We assessed the reliability and the internal and external validity of the German version of the BDS 25 in a sample of the general German population. Methods The psychometric properties of the BDS 25 German were examined in a representative cross-sectional German population survey which included 2386 persons aged ≥14 years. Validation instruments included the Somatic Symptom Scale 8, the Giessen Subjective Complaints List 8 and the Patient Health Questionnaire 4. Participants were asked if they had been diagnosed …
Cannabis, Cannabinoide und das Endocannabinoidsystem
Die Nutzung der Hanfpflanze (Cannabis L.) und ihrer Produkte durch den Menschen zu religiosen und medizinischen Zwecken, aber auch wegen ihrer euphorischen und entspannenden Wirkung, reicht tausende von Jahren zuruck. Der Hanf gehort ebenso wie die Gattung Humulus (Hopfen) der Familie der Cannabaceae (Hanfgewachse) an. Die Anzahl der Arten in der Gattung Cannabis wurde lange diskutiert und bleibt weiterhin umstritten. Gegenstand der Debatte war die Frage, ob Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica und Cannabis ruderalis jeweils eigene Arten darstellen. Aktuell wird meist eine einzige vielfaltige Art (Cannabis sativa L.) mit verschiedenen Variationen angenommen, andere Forscher pladieren dagegen fu…
Die Qualität der Hausarzt-Patient-Beziehung. Patientenbezogene Prädiktoren in einer repräsentativen deutschen Bevölkerungsstichprobe
Einleitung: Patientenzentrierung und eine gute Arbeitsallianz sind zentrale Merkmale der hausarztlichen Behandlung. Umfragen zeigen, dass die meisten Deutschen mit der Beziehung zu ihrem Hausarzt zufrieden sind. Jedoch ist offen, welche Faktoren die Qualitat der Beziehung zum Hausarzt beeinflussen. Diese Studie hat daher zum Ziel, patientenbezogene Pradiktoren der Qualitat der Beziehung zwischen Hausarzt und Patient zu identifizieren. Material und Methoden: Personen einer reprasentativen Stichprobe der deutschen Allgemeinbevolkerung wurden im Rahmen einer Querschnittstudie mit standardisierten Fragebogen untersucht. Die Qualitat der Hausarzt-Patient-Beziehung wurde mit der deutschen Version…
Modified 2016 American College of Rheumatology Fibromyalgia Criteria, the Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations Innovations Opportunities and Networks–American Pain Society Pain Taxonomy, and the Prevalence of Fibromyalgia
Objective To study the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in the general population according to a 2016 modification of the American College of Rheumatology criteria (FM 2016) and the Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations Innovations Opportunities and Networks-American Pain Society pain taxonomy criteria (AAPT), and to compare diagnostic and clinical variables between the criteria sets. Methods We studied 2,531 randomly selected subjects from the German general population in 2019. Pain regions from the Michigan Body Map were fitted to the FM 2016 and the AAPT criteria, and criteria symptom items were derived from validated questionnaires assessing somatic and psychol…
Family physician–patient relationship and frequent attendance of primary and specialist health care: Results from a German population-based cohort study
Abstract Objective To investigate the association between the quality of the family physician–patient relationship and frequent attendance of primary and specialist health care. Methods Cross-sectional survey of a representative German population sample ( N = 2.266). Family physician–patient relationship was assessed with the Patient Doctor Relationship Questionnaire (PDRQ-9). Determinants of frequent attendance were analyzed using logistic regression. Results Frequent attendance of family physicians was associated with lower income (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.02–2.00), not being in paid work (OR 1.58, CI 1.08–2.30), psychological distress (OR 1.14, CI 1.07–1.22), somatic symptoms (OR 1.07, CI 1.04…
Prevalence and overlap of somatic symptom disorder, bodily distress syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome in the German general population: A cross sectional study
Abstract Objective To study the prevalence and clinical characteristics of Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD), Bodily Distress Syndrome (BDS) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and their overlap in the general German population. Methods A cross-sectional nationally representative population survey was performed. 2531 participants (mean age 48.8 ± 17.85 years, 53.3% women) completed the Somatic Symptom Scale SSS-8, the Bodily Distress Syndrome (BDS) 25 checklist, the Whiteley Index 7 (WI-7), the self-administered comorbidity questionnaire and the Michigan Body Map. Case definitions of SSD, BDS and FMS were assigned using established criteria. Results 4.5% of participants met the criteria of SSD (SS…
The association of adverse childhood experiences and of resilience with chronic noncancer pain in the German adult population - A cross-sectional survey.
Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) might predispose to and resilience might protect against chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). We studied whether ACE are positively associated with CNCP, whether resilience was negatively associated with CNCP and whether resilience buffered a potential association of ACE with CNCP. Methods A cross-sectional survey (N = 2,425) representative for the adult German general population was conducted in 2013. The following questionnaires were used: Chronic Pain Grade Questionnaire for CNCP stages; Childhood Trauma Screener for ACE; Brief Resilient Coping Scale for resilience; Patient Health Questionnaire 4 for psychological symptom burden; Giessen Subjectiv…
Prevalence of Chronic Disabling Noncancer Pain and Associated Demographic and Medical Variables
OBJECTIVES In population surveys, up to 30% of participants reported chronic pain. Reports of chronic pain do not necessarily imply disability associated with pain. We assessed the prevalence of chronic disabling noncancer pain and associated demographic and medical variables in a sample of the general German population. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 4360 people aged 14 years and above, who were representative of the German population. Measures were obtained for demographic variables, presence of chronic pain (based on the definition of the International Association for the Study of Pain), chronic pain stages (based on a chronic pain grade questionnaire), and disease l…