| Questions | Patients (N = 30) | Control group (N = 31) | p | |
| 1. Feeling healthy | 27.6% | 87.1% | .000*** | |
| 2. Health concern | 63.3% | 12.9% | .000*** | |
| (3. Symptom list. see Tab. 2) |
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| 4. Impairment to general wellbeing | 83.3% | 11.1% | .000*** | |
| 5. Disturbance of daily routine | 66.6% | 10.7% | .000*** | |
| 6. Impairment to everyday school life | 73.3% | 14.3% | .000*** | |
| 7. Impairment to free time | 69.0% | 7.1% | .000*** | |
| 8. Disruption to family life | 23.3% | 3.6% | .053 | |
| 9. Changes to family interaction | 34.5% | 21.4% | .379 | |
| 10. Desire for further physical examinations | 56.7% | 10.7% | .000*** | |
| 11. Frequency of medical consultations |
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| .000*** | |
| none | 0% | 71.4% |
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| 1 - 2 times | 20% | 25% |
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| 3 - 6 times | 40% | 3.6% |
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| >6 times | 40% | 0% |
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| Test subjects with consultation ≥ 1 | N = 30 | N = 8 |
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| 12. No precise cause of the complaints foundb | N = 25 | N = 2 |
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| 13. Diminished perception of one’s own physical healthb | N = 16 | N = 1 |
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| 14. Desire for further clarification of causesb | N = 17 | N = 2 |
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| 15. Need of aid from a third party | 26.7% | 3.6% | .026* | |
| 16. Lack of being taken seriously | 36.7% | 7.1% | .011* | |
| 17. Intake of medication | 76.7% | 17.9% | .000*** | |
| 18. Duration of complaints |
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| .000*** | |
| <1 month | 0% | 48% |
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| 1 to 6 months | 23.3% | 28% |
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| >6 months | 40% | 24% |
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| >2 years | 36.7% | 0% |
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| Questions on differential diagnoses |
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| 19. DD Panic attacks | 27.6% | 10.0% | .104 | |
| 20. DD Hypochondria | 25.0% | 0.0% | .004* | |
| 21. DD Dysmorphophobia | 3.4% | 6.7% | 1.0 | |