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Somatic Symptom Scale 8
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Somatic Symptom Scale 8
, SSS-8
See Also
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Patient Health Questionnaire 15
(
PHQ-15
)
Indications
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Diagnosis
Scale
Answers
Score 0: Not at all
Score 1: A little bit
Score 2: Somewhat
Score 3: Quite a bit
Score 4: Very much
Questions
Over the last 7 days, how much have you been bothered by the following (use the answer scale for each symptom)
Back pain
Chest Pain
or
Shortness of Breath
Dizziness
Feeling tired or having low energy
Headache
s
Pain in your arms, legs or joints
Stomach
or bowel problems
Trouble sleeping
Interpretation
Score 0-3
No to minimal somatic symptom burden
Score 4-7
Low somatic symptom burden
Score 8-11
Medium somatic symptom burden
Score 12-15
High somatic symptom burden
Score 16-32
Very high somatic symptom burden
References
Gierk (2014) JAMA Intern Med 174(3): 399-407 +PMID:24276929 [PubMed]
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