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Table 2 Clinical characteristics

From: Predicting the outcome of a cognitive-behavioral group training for patients with unexplained physical symptoms: a one-year follow-up study

Clinical characteristics

n=162

Duration of UPS in years, median (interquartile range)

9 (3–16)

Classification of UPS by SCID-I

 undifferentiated somatoform disorder

63

 chronic pain disorder

99

Number of comorbid DSM-IV Axis I disorders

 no comorbid DSM-IV Axis I disorder

95

 one comorbid DSM-IV Axis I disorder

43

 two comorbid DSM-IV Axis I disorders

17

 three comorbid DSM-IVAxis I disorders

4

 four or more comorbid DSM-IVAxis I disorders

3

Classification of comorbid DSM-IV Axis I disorder

 mood disorder (in past; in lifetime)

24 (46;70)

 anxiety disorder (in past; in lifetime)

47 (30;77)

 substance-related disorder (in past; in lifetime)

1 (17;18)

 eating disorder (in past; in lifetime)

1 (5;6)

 psychotic disorder (in past; in lifetime)

0 (1;1)

 other somatoform disorder (in lifetime)

26 (26)

 adjustment disorder (in lifetime)

4 (4)

 other disorder (in past; in lifetime)

1 (0;1)

Number of comorbid DSM-IV Axis II disorders

 no comorbid DSM-IV Axis II disorder

113

 one comorbid DSM-IV Axis II disorder

27

 two comorbid DSM-IV Axis II disorders

10

 three or more comorbid DSM-IV Axis II disorders

10

Classification of comorbid DSM-IV Axis II disorder

 paranoid personality disorder

18

 schizoid personality disorder

5

 schizotypal personality disorder

2

 anti-social personality disorder

1

 borderline personality disorder

7

 histrionic personality disorder

2

 narcissistic personality disorder

2

 avoidant personality disorder

29

 dependent personality disorder

4

 obsessive compulsive personality disorder

24

Psychiatric history (number of past DSM-IV axis I disorders)

 no past DSM-IV Axis I disorder

94

 one past DSM-IV Axis I disorder

46

 two past DSM-IV Axis I disorders

17

 three past DSM-IVAxis I disorders

3

 four or more past DSM-IVAxis I disorders

2

Referrer

 primary medical service

82

 secondary medical service

51

 secondary mental service

29