Development and preliminary validation of a culture-bound somatic symptom scale; culture bound somatic symptom scale

Development and preliminary validation of a culture-bound somatic symptom scale; culture bound somatic symptom scale

Background: Culture specific psychosomatic symptoms such as “internal heat” are a common manifestation of psychological distress among Nigerians. However, instruments that include them in diagnostic endeavour are scarce. Aim: To develop and validate a new self-rating questionnaire based on psychosom...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Ochijele, Emmanuel Essien, Owoidoho Udofia, Joseph Okegbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
psychosomatic
culture bound
internal heat
validation
scale running title: culture bound somatic symptom scale
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2018;volume=27;issue=3;spage=244;epage=251;aulast=Ochijele;type=0

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