The Somatic Symptom Scale–8 (SSS-8)

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Authors

Benjamin Gierk · University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Sebastian Kohlmann · Universität Hamburg

Kurt Kroenke · Health Services Research & Development

Lena Spangenberg · Leipzig University

Markus Zenger · Leipzig University

Elmar Brähler · Leipzig University

Bernd Löwe ·

Abstract

The SSS-8 is a reliable and valid self-report measure of somatic symptom burden. Cutoff scores identify individuals with low, medium, high, and very high somatic symptom burden.

Topics & Keywords

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Internal Medicine

Volume 174, Issue 3, pp. 399-399

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12179

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