ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Validation of the Chinese version of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 in patients from tertiary hospitals in China.
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- Understanding General Somatic Symptom Burden: Insights from a Systematic Review of Factor Analyses Pertaining to the Patient Health Questionnaire 15 (PHQ-15) and Somatic Symptom Scale 8 (SSS-8).International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- The relationship between body pain, physical fatigue, and mental fatigue in Chinese adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychometric validation of selected scales assessing mental health conditions among Ghanaian youth.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Perceived stress and depression in Chinese university students: a parallel mediation analysis examining the roles of insomnia and somatic symptoms.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Measurement Invariance of Scores on the Somatic Symptom Scale-8: National Sample of Non-Clinical Adults in the United States.Measurement and evaluation in counseling and development : the official publication of the Association for Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development · 2024Article
- Correlation between Psychosomatic Assessment, Heart Rate Variability, and Refractory GERD: A Prospective Study in Patients with Acid Reflux Esophagitis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: To validate the Chinese language version of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8) in a sample of outpatients attending tertiary hospitals in China. Materials and methods: A Chinese language version of the SSS-8 was completed by outpatients ( Results: The average age of the recruited participants was 43.08 (±14.47). 61.4% of them were female. The internal consistency derived from the sample was acceptable (Cronbach α = 0.78). Confirmatory factor analyses resulted in the replication of a three-factor model (cardiopulmonary symptoms, pain symptoms, gastrointestinal and fatigue symptoms) (comparative fit index = 0.95, Tucker-Lewis index = 0.92, root mean square error of approximation = 0.10, 90% confidence interval = 0.08-0.12). The SSS-8 sum score was highly associated with PHQ-15 ( Conclusion: Our preliminary assessment suggests that the Chinese language version of the SSS-8 has reliability and validity sufficient to warrant testing further in research and clinical settings.
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