Baseline Characteristics of Treatment Groups
| Abridged SomatizationDisorder (N = 183) | MultisomatoformDisorder (N = 111) | SomatizationDisorder (N = 88) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timing of Intervention | Timing of Intervention | Timing of Intervention | ||||
| DiagnosticClassification | Delayed(n = 92) | Immediate(n = 91) | Delayed(n = 55) | Immediate(n = 56) | Delayed(n = 43) | Immediate(n = 45) |
| Note: All comparisons between immediate and delayed intervention statistically nonsignificant. | ||||||
| SD = standard deviation; PCS = physicial functioning and MCS = emotional functioning subscales of Short Form-36. | ||||||
| Age, years | 47.5 (14.0) | 47.6 (14.1) | 45.4 (13.8) | 47.7 (13.8) | 45.5 (14.5) | 48.2 (14.7) |
| Mean (SD) | ||||||
| % Minority | 20 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 22 |
| % Male | 11 | 6 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 5 | 2 |
| Hollingshead social class | 3.6 (1.0) | 3.4 (1.0) | 3.4 (1.1) | 3.3 (1.1) | 3.2 (1.1) | 3.2 (1.1) |
| Mean (SD) | ||||||
| % with any physical comorbidity | 64 | 71 | 60 | 73 | 74 | 73 |
| % with any psychiatric comorbidity | 45 | 36 | 49 | 44 | 56 | 49 |
| PCS scores Mean (SD) | 44.3 (11.5) | 42.4 (11.4) | 42.4 (11.4) | 41.3 (11.6) | 42.2 (11.8) | 40.3 (11.7) |
| MCS scores Mean (SD) | 48.5 (9.2) | 48.9 (9.2) | 47.6 (9.8) | 47.8 (9.9) | 47.5 (9.7) | 48.7 (9.6) |