Author/Authors :
Tyrer، نويسنده , , Peter and Cooper، نويسنده , , Sylvia and Crawford، نويسنده , , Mike and Dupont، نويسنده , , Simon F. Green، نويسنده , , John and Murphy، نويسنده , , David and Salkovskis، نويسنده , , Paul and Smith، نويسنده , , Georgina and Wang، نويسنده , , Duolao and Bhogal، نويسنده , , Sharandeep and Keeling، نويسنده , , Mary and Loebenberg، نويسنده , , Gemma and Seivewright، نويسنده , , Richard and Walker، نويسنده , , Gemma and Cooper، نويسنده , , Faye and Evered، نويسنده , , Rachel and Kings، نويسنده , , Stephanie and Kramo، نويسنده , , Kofi and McNulty، نويسنده , , Antoinette and Nagar، نويسنده , , Jessica and Reid، نويسنده , , Steven and Sanatinia، نويسنده , , Rahil and Sinclair، نويسنده , , Julie and Trevor، نويسنده , , David and Watson، نويسنده , , Charlotte and Tyrer، نويسنده , , Helen، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Objectives
ermine the prevalence of significant health anxiety (hypochondriasis) in patients aged 16–75 in cardiology, respiratory medicine, neurological, endocrine and gastrointestinal clinics in general hospitals in London, Middlesex and North Nottinghamshire.
alth Anxiety Inventory (HAI) (short form) was administered to patients attending the five clinics over a 21 month period and all those who scored 20 or more invited to take part in a further assessment for a randomised controlled trial.
s
205 patients attending the clinics 28,991 (67.1%) were assessed and of these, after exclusion of ineligible patients 5747 (19.8%) had significant health anxiety. 444 subsequently agreed to take part in a randomised controlled trial of treatment. The prevalence levels varied by clinic with neurology (24.7%) having the highest prevalence followed by respiratory medicine (20.9%), gastroenterology (19.5%), cardiology (19.1%), and endocrinology (17.5%).
sion
al health anxiety is common and a significant problem in those attending medical clinics and deserves greater awareness.
