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Identification of barriers and difficulties involved in the process of diagnosing somatic symptom disorders in primary care - a focus group study

Conditions
DSM-5 Somatic Symptom DisorderDSM-IV Somatoform Disorder
Registration Number
DRKS00009736
Lead Sponsor
Institut und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
35
Inclusion Criteria

Primary care physicians with own practice, practice community, or medical centre

Exclusion Criteria

Primary care physicians with further training in psychotherapy.

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Inductive categories of a qualitative content analysis of the discussion transcripts from the focus groups
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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