The Chinese version of the screening for somatoform symptoms-7 / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo revise the Chinese version of the screening for somatofonn symptoms-7( SOMS-7).Methods——( 1 )306 patients with somatoform disorder were selected in Psychiatry Clinic of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University.(2) With convenient sampling,207 residents were selected in Xian village of Xintang town of Zengcheng district in Guangzhou and 288 in Tongji Road community of Chancheng district in Foshan.Besides,283 residents were selected in Changnan Community of Huanggu District and Jixiang Community of Dadong District in Shenyang.After 10 to 14 days,63 female and 73 male of the community subjects were selected randomly to fill in the scale again.All of the subjects filled in the Chinese version of the SOMS-7.Results ( 1 ) The internal consistency of the Chinese version of the SOMS-7 was 0.944 for female and 0.945 for male.The test-retest reliability was 0.869 for symptom count and 0.823 for severity index.The correlation with somatization subscale of SCL-90 was 0.805 for symptom count and 0.824 for severity index.(2) Based on the diagnostic criteria of somatoform disorder in DSM-Ⅳ,ROC curves were drawn.The AUC was 0.935 for symptom count and 0.942 for severity index in female,while 0.916 for symptom count and 0.926 for severity index in male.When 2.5 (female) or 1.5 (male) was chosen for symptom count and 15.5 (female) or 14.5 (male) for severity index,the youden in-dex reached a maximum.ConclusionThe Chinese version of the SOMS-7 showed a good reliability and validity,being reliable and valid as a tool to screen patients with somatoform disorder.