Characteristics and predictors of persistent somatic symptoms in patients with cardiac disease.

ABSTRACT: Persistent somatic symptoms (PSS) are a diagnostic core criterion of the somatic symptom disorder. This longitudinal study aims to determine the frequency of PSS in patients with cardiac disease, identify potential predictive factors, and investigate its impact on healthcare utilization. Somatic symptoms were assessed with the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 four times over the course of three months in consecutively approached cardiac outpatients. Patients were grouped having PSS vs. not having PSS following a psychometric-driven approach based on the SSS-8 cut-off score and a data-driven approach applying cluster analysis. T-tests were performed to compare the characteristics between patients having vs. not having PSS. To identify predictors of group affiliation, we conducted multivariable logis

SUBMITTER: Clifford C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11513025 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature