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Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine 1/2018

14-07-2017

Somatic symptom severity among primary care patients who are obese: examining the unique contributions of anxiety sensitivity, discomfort intolerance, and health anxiety

Auteurs: Thomas A. Fergus, Christine A. Limbers, Jackson O. Griggs, Lance P. Kelley

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 1/2018

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Abstract

Prior research indicates the common presentation of somatic symptoms and obesity in primary care settings, as well as links between obesity and somatic symptoms. Anxiety sensitivity, discomfort intolerance, and health anxiety are three variables relevant to somatic symptoms. How those three variables relate to somatic symptom severity among individuals who are obese and the unique variance accounted for by each variable in somatic symptom severity remains unexamined. Among a large sample of primary care patients who are obese (N = 342), anxiety sensitivity, discomfort intolerance, and health anxiety collectively accounted for 35% of variance in somatic symptom severity beyond the effects of sociodemographic variables, body mass index, medical morbidity, and depression severity. Health anxiety accounted for the largest amount of unique variance in somatic symptom severity, potentially supporting the relevance of health anxiety to the presentation of increased somatic symptoms among patients who are obese.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Somatic symptom severity among primary care patients who are obese: examining the unique contributions of anxiety sensitivity, discomfort intolerance, and health anxiety
Auteurs
Thomas A. Fergus
Christine A. Limbers
Jackson O. Griggs
Lance P. Kelley
Publicatiedatum
14-07-2017
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-017-9873-8

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