Objectives Depression and depressive symptoms are common mental disorders that have a
considerable effect on patients' health-related quality of life and satisfaction with medical …

Objective: This paper aims to systematically review the use and performance of the Brief
Illness Perception Questionnaire (Brief IPQ). Design: Electronic databases were searched …

Background Despite the high co-morbidity of depressive symptoms in patients with multiple
somatic symptoms, the validity of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) has not …

Objective We aimed to explore the prevalence of somatic symptom disorder (SSD)
according to DSM-5 criteria in Chinese outpatients from general hospital departments …

Background This study aimed to investigate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version
of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) in a tertiary hospital. Methods Using a cross …

Objective Somatic symptoms are widespread in clinical practice. The association of somatic
symptom severity with impaired health status holds both when symptoms are medically …

Purpose The purpose of the study is to document in Hong Kong Chinese cancer survivors
cross-sectional associations between illness perceptions, physical symptom distress and …

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been a globally public health problem over
the past decades. The maintenance of physical and mental health is of importance for …

Background Our purpose was to examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of
the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) in Taiwan, and to explore its relation to …

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a 4-week mindfulness-based stress
reduction (MBSR) program on psychological distress in patients with lung cancer and …