M. Horhold et al., TESTING OF A SCREENING-STRATEGY TO SELECT GYNECOLOGICAL OUTPATIENTS WITH A HIGHER RISK FOR EXHIBITING PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPLICATIONS, PPmP. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie, 47(5), 1997, pp. 156-162
In a pilot-study 103 gynecological outpatients answered a gynecologica
l questionnaire (FGB) including Items of the (non-gynecological) compl
aints questionnaire (GBB) and a mood questionnaire (BSF). Cluster anal
yses of the FGB- and BSF-scores identify four groups. One group, consi
sting of 26 outpatients (= 25%), has as high GBB- and BSF-scores as a
group of 256 psychosomatic in-patients answering these questionnaires
at the beginning of their psychosomatic therapy. These 26 outpatients
are labeled as high risk patients. Further results show high correlati
ons between all FGB; and GBB-scores among the gynecological outpatient
s. A significant connection between the four group classification and
ten biopsychosocial variables is found only for the variable professio
nal state. The results are seen as a first confirmation of the tested
screening-strategy. Moreover they give evidence that further investiga
tions should pay more attention to the connection between job strain a
nd gynecological com; plaints or disorders.