Determining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Somatic Symptom Scale-8 Score in Patients With Somatic Symptoms and Related Disorders: A Six-Month Follow-Up Study
The SSS-8 is a useful indicator for SSRD clinical outcomes. Patients with SSRD may need an SSS-8 score decrease of 6 or more points to notice symptom improvements.
Authors
- M. Hashizume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3711-6811)
- Kazuaki Hashimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3007-8717)
- Akiko Koyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-4240)
- Noriko Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7774-0503)
- Takeaki Takeuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4399-2786)
Institutions
- Toho University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ALPHA PSYCHIATRY
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31083/ap46109
- Primary Topic
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00