Annals of Family Medicine 5:328-335 (2007)
© 2007 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
doi: 10.1370/afm.702
Effectiveness of a Time-Limited Cognitive Behavior Therapy–Type Intervention Among Primary Care Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Javier I. Escobar, MD1,
Michael A. Gara, PhD1,2,
Angelica M. Diaz-Martinez, PsyD1,
Alejandro Interian, PhD1,
Melissa Warman, PhD1,
Lesley A. Allen, PhD1,
Robert L. Woolfolk, PhD3,
Eric Jahn, MD4 and
Denise Rodgers, MD4
1 Department of Psychiatry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ
2 UMDNJ-University Behavioral Health Care, Piscataway, NJ
3 Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
4 Department of Internal Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

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Figure 2. Percentage of patients with an improvement in physical symptoms.
Note: Improvement was defined by a rating of "very much improved" or "much improved" by blinded evaluators on the Clinical Global Impressions improvement (CGI-improvement) scale. P values were derived from logistical regression analyses wherein time and treatment condition were evaluated for their ability to predict responder status.
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