Zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu (hipochondria)
Rokowania, prognozy i postęp choroby

Zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu (hipochondria) to przewlekły stan charakteryzujący się uporczywym lękiem o własne zdrowie, który utrzymuje się pomimo braku medycznych dowodów na chorobę. Ciężka postać zaburzenia wiąże się z istotnym pogorszeniem jakości życia, obniżeniem samooceny funkcjonowania psychicznego i fizycznego (m.in. w skali PCS), a także znacznym wzrostem kosztów opieki zdrowotnej. Pacjenci z ciężkim przebiegiem wykazują wysokie poziomy lęku o zdrowie mierzone skalą Whiteley-7, a objawy utrzymują się długoterminowo, niezależnie od współistniejących zaburzeń depresyjnych czy lękowych. Łagodna postać zaburzenia nie wykazuje istotnego negatywnego wpływu na zdrowie fizyczne ani koszty leczenia. Czynniki prognostyczne obejmują współistniejące zaburzenia psychiczne (zwłaszcza lęk i depresję), percepcję ryzyka, płeć (większe ryzyko u kobiet) oraz nasilenie objawów somatycznych, które istotnie korelują z gorszym stanem zdrowia i większym wykorzystaniem opieki medycznej.

Prognozy dla zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu (hipochondrii)

Zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu (hipochondria) jest przewlekłym stanem, który charakteryzuje się utrzymującym się lękiem o własne zdrowie, obawami przed zachorowaniem lub przekonaniem o posiadaniu poważnej choroby pomimo braku medycznych dowodów. Badania wskazują, że zaburzenie to ma istotny wpływ na długoterminowe funkcjonowanie pacjenta oraz koszty opieki zdrowotnej.12 Warto zauważyć, że pacjenci z zaburzeniem lękowym o zdrowiu mogą doświadczać okresów zmniejszonego nasilenia objawów, po których następuje nawrót, co podkreśla przewlekły charakter tego schorzenia.3

Przewlekłość zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu

Badania longitudinalne wykazują, że zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu w swojej ciężkiej postaci jest stanem uporczywym i długotrwałym. Pacjenci z tym zaburzeniem konsekwentnie zgłaszają wysokie poziomy lęku o zdrowie mierzone za pomocą skali Whiteley-7 nawet podczas badań kontrolnych. Utrzymywanie się objawów hipochondrii potwierdzają liczne badania wskazujące, że wielu pacjentów nadal spełnia kryteria diagnostyczne dla tego zaburzenia w okresie obserwacji.45 Co istotne, niepomyślne rokowanie w przypadku zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu nie może być wyjaśnione wyłącznie współistniejącą depresją, zaburzeniem lękowym lub dobrze zdefiniowanym stanem medycznym.6

Wpływ nasilenia objawów na rokowanie

Badania wskazują na znaczące różnice w rokowaniu w zależności od nasilenia objawów zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu:78

  • Ciężka postać zaburzenia – wiąże się z istotnym długoterminowym wpływem na samoocenę funkcjonowania związanego ze zdrowiem psychicznym i fizycznym oraz na koszty opieki zdrowotnej. Pacjenci z ciężkim zaburzeniem lękowym o zdrowiu wykazują gorsze wyniki we wszystkich stosowanych miarach oceny, w tym w skali komponentu fizycznego (PCS), niż pacjenci z dobrze zdefiniowanym stanem medycznym.910
  • Łagodna postać zaburzenia – wydaje się nie mieć istotnego negatywnego wpływu na zdrowie fizyczne i koszty opieki zdrowotnej. Grupa z łagodnym zaburzeniem lękowym o zdrowiu może być mniej istotna klinicznie, ponieważ pacjenci ci mają lepsze rokowanie.1112

Czynniki wpływające na rokowanie

Zidentyfikowano kilka czynników, które mogą wpływać na przebieg i rokowanie zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu:1314

  • Współistniejące zaburzenia psychiczne – wyższe poziomy depresji, lęku i stresu są predyktorami zwiększonego lęku o zdrowie. Badania wykazały, że lęk jest najsilniejszym pozytywnym predyktorem lęku o zdrowie, następnie stres, narażenie na wiadomości telewizyjne i media społecznościowe, depresja oraz postrzeganie ryzyka.15
  • Percepcja ryzyka – postrzeganie ryzyka zachorowania jest istotnym czynnikiem predykcyjnym lęku o zdrowie. Zarządzanie percepcją ryzyka może być użyteczne w radzeniu sobie z lękiem o zdrowie.16
  • Płeć – bycie kobietą jest czynnikiem ryzyka dla lęku o zdrowie, co potwierdzają badania prowadzone m.in. podczas pandemii COVID-19.17
  • Nasilenie objawów somatycznych – całkowity wynik objawów somatycznych stanowi predyktor stanu zdrowia i korzystania z opieki zdrowotnej, ponad efekty lęku, depresji i ogólnych chorób. Osoby z wysokim wynikiem objawów somatycznych, które jednocześnie wyrażają obawy dotyczące powagi swoich objawów cielesnych i wykazują wyraźny lęk o zdrowie, mają bardziej upośledzony stan zdrowia niż osoby z niskim wynikiem objawów somatycznych lub wysokim wynikiem bez dodatkowych cech psychologicznych.18

Przewidywanie wyników leczenia

Możliwość przewidywania wyników leczenia zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu ma ogromny potencjał w zakresie kierowania rozwojem spersonalizowanej opieki, optymalizacji alokacji zasobów i poprawy wyników pacjentów.19 Badania sugerują, że wczesne zmiany w terapii mogą przewidywać jej końcowy wynik, szczególnie w przypadku terapii poznawczo-behawioralnej (CBT).20

Metody predykcji wyników leczenia

Badania nad przewidywaniem wyników leczenia zaburzeń lękowych wskazują na kilka istotnych aspektów:2122

  • Optymalny czas pomiaru – Badania wykazały, że wydłużenie okresu definiowania wczesnej zmiany od etapu przed leczeniem do początkowych tygodni terapii, aż do 4. tygodnia, skutkowało stałym wzrostem wyjaśnionej wariancji. Jeśli ma być wybrany pojedynczy punkt w czasie podczas leczenia, czwarty tydzień wydaje się odpowiednim momentem do wczesnego przewidywania wyników.23
  • Metoda kalkulacji – Proste metody statystyczne mogą być skuteczne w przewidywaniu wyników leczenia. Badania wspierają wykorzystanie prostej metody obliczeniowej z zastosowaniem miary specyficznej dla zaburzenia w czwartym tygodniu jako dobrego wyboru do przewidywania wyników w terapii poznawczo-behawioralnej o ograniczonym czasie trwania.2425
  • Rodzaj stosowanych miar – Jeśli objawy specyficzne dla zaburzenia są uważane za główny wynik, to jako predyktory powinny być stosowane miary specyficzne dla zaburzenia, a nie miary ogólne.26

Zaawansowane modele predykcyjne

Najnowsze badania wskazują na potencjał wykorzystania uczenia maszynowego w przewidywaniu wyników leczenia zaburzeń lękowych:27

  • Modele klasyfikacyjne – W badaniach dotyczących przewidywania wyników leczenia zaburzeń lękowych modele klasyfikacyjne osiągnęły obszar pod krzywą ROC wynoszący 0,76, a także wynik F1, precyzję i przypomnienie na poziomie 0,69.
  • Modele regresji – Modele regresji osiągnęły R² wynoszące 0,37 ze średnim błędem bezwzględnym 5,58 na zestawie testowym.

Umiarkowa wydajność tych modeli wskazuje, że mogą one być dalej ulepszane dzięki większej ilości danych i/lub lepszym cechom różnicującym. Jednak prawdopodobnie istnieje górna granica wydajności predykcji ze względu na nieodłączną złożoność ludzkiego życia w przewidywaniu wyników leczenia pacjentów (tj. błąd Bayesa).28

Różnice w wymiarach lęku i ich wpływ na rokowanie

Badania wskazują, że objawy lękowe u osób z zaburzeniami lękowymi, w tym z zaburzeniem lękowym o zdrowiu, można podzielić na odrębne czynniki, które różnie reagują na wyniki leczenia:29

  • Lęk somatyczny – Wyższy poziom lęku somatycznego był związany z gorszą remisją mierzoną skalą QIDS-SR16, nawet po dostosowaniu do współzmiennych i wielokrotnych porównań.
  • Lęk poznawczy – Wykazuje inne wzorce odpowiedzi na leczenie niż lęk somatyczny.

Przyszłe badania powinny rozważać poznawcze i somatyczne objawy lęku oddzielnie podczas oceny lęku i ich wykorzystania w przewidywaniu wyników leczenia.30

Luki w badaniach i przyszłe kierunki

Pomimo świadomości znacznego obciążenia, jakie lęk o zdrowie nakłada na jednostki i społeczeństwo, istnieją luki w naszym rozumieniu tego stanu:3132

  • Ograniczone badania wykorzystujące aktualne kryteria diagnostyczne – Brakuje badań wykorzystujących kryteria DSM-5 dla zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu. Najważniejszą luką w tej dziedzinie jest ograniczona liczba badań wykorzystujących aktualne kryteria diagnostyczne dla zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu.
  • Potrzeba badań nad dziećmi i młodzieżą – Potrzeba więcej badań, aby lepiej zrozumieć to zaburzenie, szczególnie u dzieci i młodzieży.
  • Badania nad trafnością predykcyjną – Przyszłe badania powinny zbadać trafność predykcyjną zaburzenia lękowego o zdrowiu z i bez współistniejącego lęku w zakresie przebiegu i odpowiedzi na leczenie.

Uzupełnienie tych luk jest kluczowe, jeśli mamy znacząco poszerzyć wiedzę, poprawić nasze rozumienie zaburzenia, wcześnie interweniować i opracować ukierunkowane, skuteczne metody leczenia.33

Podsumowanie prognozy i znaczenie kliniczne

Zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu (hipochondria) jawi się jako poważny i przewlekły stan, który w swojej ciężkiej postaci ma znaczący wpływ na funkcjonowanie pacjenta i generuje wysokie koszty opieki zdrowotnej.34 Badania wskazują, że:3536

  • Zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu jest przewlekłe i upośledzające, ale gdy zostanie zidentyfikowane, może być skutecznie leczone metodą CBT.
  • Pacjenci z zaburzeniem lękowym o zdrowiu zgłaszają gorszy stan zdrowia oceniany przez samych siebie, większe zakłócenia w codziennych czynnościach, takich jak obowiązki domowe, samoopieka i mobilność, większy osobisty stres i zwiększone ryzyko wczesnej śmiertelności.
  • Ciężkie zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu wydaje się być dość niepokojącym i uporczywym stanem, pociągającym za sobą wysokie koszty opieki zdrowotnej, i powinno być bardziej konsekwentnie diagnozowane i agresywnie leczone.

Zaburzenie lękowe o zdrowiu należy traktować poważnie – diagnozować je i leczyć ze względu na jego długotrwały wpływ na jakość życia pacjentów oraz znaczące obciążenie systemu opieki zdrowotnej.37

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    Hypochondriasis is prevalent in primary care, but the diagnosis is hampered by its stigmatizing label and lack of valid diagnostic criteria. […] Little is known about Health anxiety’s impact on longitudinal outcome, and this study aimed to examine impact on self-rated health and health care costs. […] Compared with the 968 patients with well-defined medical conditions, the 81 severe Health anxiety patients and the 59 DSM-IV Hypochondriasis patients continued during follow-up to manifest significantly more Health anxiety (Whiteley-7 scale). […] A poor outcome of Health anxiety was not explained by comorbid depression, anxiety disorder or well-defined medical condition. […] Severe Health anxiety was found to be a disturbing and persistent condition. It is costly for the health care system and must be taken seriously, i.e. diagnosed and treated.
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    Illness anxiety disorder is a chronic (ongoing) condition. You may go through periods where you have little or no health anxiety and then it returns. You can take steps to keep illness anxiety disorder symptoms in check. […] A persistent fear about having a serious illness or developing one is the top symptoms of illness anxiety disorder. Your provider may diagnose illness anxiety disorder if you have health anxiety (or other illness anxiety disorder symptoms) for six months or longer even after tests show that you’re not sick.
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    Illness anxiety disorder is a chronic (ongoing) condition. You may go through periods where you have little or no health anxiety and then it returns. You can take steps to keep illness anxiety disorder symptoms in check. […] A persistent fear about having a serious illness or developing one is the top symptoms of illness anxiety disorder. Your provider may diagnose illness anxiety disorder if you have health anxiety (or other illness anxiety disorder symptoms) for six months or longer even after tests show that you’re not sick.
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    This study supports the validity of recently introduced new criteria for Health anxiety. […] The persistence of Health anxiety, which in this study was indicated by the high Health anxiety follow-up scores on the Whiteley-7 scale, seems to be in accordance with other studies reporting that many patients still fulfilled diagnostic criteria for Hypochondriasis during the follow-up period. […] The association between Health anxiety and unfavorable outcome may be explained by the possibility that patients with a well-defined medical condition are more inclined to fear for their health and therefore mistakenly may appear to have Health anxiety. […] It is noteworthy that the severe Health anxiety patients had worse outcomes on any outcome measures used in this study, including PCS, than patients with a well-defined medical condition. […] Health anxiety seems in its severe form to be a quite disturbing and persistent condition entailing high health care costs, and it should be more consistently diagnosed and aggressively treated.
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    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009873
    The study suggests that Health anxiety in its severe form has significant long-term impact on the patients’ self-rated functioning related to mental and physical health and on health care costs, and the patients persistently report high levels of Health anxiety measured on Whiteley-7. […] Health anxiety in its mild form, however, seems not to have any significant negative impact on physical health and health care costs. […] This study shows that the new, empirically established Health anxiety diagnosis identified a patient group with an unfavorable outcome. […] The persistence of Health anxiety, which in this study was indicated by the high Health anxiety follow-up scores on the Whiteley-7 scale, seems to be in accordance with other studies reporting that many patients still fulfilled diagnostic criteria for Hypochondriasis during the follow-up period.
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    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2844425/
    Hypochondriasis is prevalent in primary care, but the diagnosis is hampered by its stigmatizing label and lack of valid diagnostic criteria. […] Little is known about Health anxiety’s impact on longitudinal outcome, and this study aimed to examine impact on self-rated health and health care costs. […] Compared with the 968 patients with well-defined medical conditions, the 81 severe Health anxiety patients and the 59 DSM-IV Hypochondriasis patients continued during follow-up to manifest significantly more Health anxiety (Whiteley-7 scale). […] A poor outcome of Health anxiety was not explained by comorbid depression, anxiety disorder or well-defined medical condition. […] Severe Health anxiety was found to be a disturbing and persistent condition. It is costly for the health care system and must be taken seriously, i.e. diagnosed and treated.
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    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009873
    The study suggests that Health anxiety in its severe form has significant long-term impact on the patients’ self-rated functioning related to mental and physical health and on health care costs, and the patients persistently report high levels of Health anxiety measured on Whiteley-7. […] Health anxiety in its mild form, however, seems not to have any significant negative impact on physical health and health care costs. […] This study shows that the new, empirically established Health anxiety diagnosis identified a patient group with an unfavorable outcome. […] The persistence of Health anxiety, which in this study was indicated by the high Health anxiety follow-up scores on the Whiteley-7 scale, seems to be in accordance with other studies reporting that many patients still fulfilled diagnostic criteria for Hypochondriasis during the follow-up period.
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    It is noteworthy that the severe Health anxiety patients had worse outcomes on any outcome measures used in this study, including PCS, than patients with a well-defined medical condition. […] The mild Health anxiety diagnosis seems to have only a small impact on outcome. […] This study adds further support to the validity of the recently introduced new criteria for severe Health anxiety, whereas the mild Health anxiety group may be less clinically relevant as these patients have a better outcome.
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    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009873
    The study suggests that Health anxiety in its severe form has significant long-term impact on the patients’ self-rated functioning related to mental and physical health and on health care costs, and the patients persistently report high levels of Health anxiety measured on Whiteley-7. […] Health anxiety in its mild form, however, seems not to have any significant negative impact on physical health and health care costs. […] This study shows that the new, empirically established Health anxiety diagnosis identified a patient group with an unfavorable outcome. […] The persistence of Health anxiety, which in this study was indicated by the high Health anxiety follow-up scores on the Whiteley-7 scale, seems to be in accordance with other studies reporting that many patients still fulfilled diagnostic criteria for Hypochondriasis during the follow-up period.
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    It is noteworthy that the severe Health anxiety patients had worse outcomes on any outcome measures used in this study, including PCS, than patients with a well-defined medical condition. […] The mild Health anxiety diagnosis seems to have only a small impact on outcome. […] This study adds further support to the validity of the recently introduced new criteria for severe Health anxiety, whereas the mild Health anxiety group may be less clinically relevant as these patients have a better outcome.
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    The study suggests that Health anxiety in its severe form has significant long-term impact on the patients’ self-rated functioning related to mental and physical health and on health care costs, and the patients persistently report high levels of Health anxiety measured on Whiteley-7. […] Health anxiety in its mild form, however, seems not to have any significant negative impact on physical health and health care costs. […] This study shows that the new, empirically established Health anxiety diagnosis identified a patient group with an unfavorable outcome. […] The persistence of Health anxiety, which in this study was indicated by the high Health anxiety follow-up scores on the Whiteley-7 scale, seems to be in accordance with other studies reporting that many patients still fulfilled diagnostic criteria for Hypochondriasis during the follow-up period.
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    The results showed that higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were predictors of health anxiety. […] Therefore, people need to control and balance their emotional states in such outbreaks. […] The results supported that being female is a risk factor for health anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic. […] However, the findings of this study are worthwhile for developing strategies to combat health anxiety.
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    Health anxiety can be a risk factor for mental health and well-being. […] In this sense, people can be more vulnerable to health anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. […] The results showed that anxiety was the strongest positive predictor of health anxiety, following stress, TV News and social media, depression, and risk perception. […] This study showed that the significant predictors of health anxiety can escalate health anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. […] The findings of this study also showed that depression (=.08) significantly and positively predicted health anxiety even though the effect size was small. […] The last significant predictive variable was risk perception (=.07). […] Thus, it can be useful for people to manage their risk perception to deal with health anxiety.
  • #16 Health Anxiety in the Early Phase of COVID-19 Outbreak in Turkey: Investigation of Predictive Variables
    https://www.ansiedadyestres.es/art/2021/anyes2021a10
    Health anxiety can be a risk factor for mental health and well-being. […] In this sense, people can be more vulnerable to health anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. […] The results showed that anxiety was the strongest positive predictor of health anxiety, following stress, TV News and social media, depression, and risk perception. […] This study showed that the significant predictors of health anxiety can escalate health anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. […] The findings of this study also showed that depression (=.08) significantly and positively predicted health anxiety even though the effect size was small. […] The last significant predictive variable was risk perception (=.07). […] Thus, it can be useful for people to manage their risk perception to deal with health anxiety.
  • #17 Health Anxiety in the Early Phase of COVID-19 Outbreak in Turkey: Investigation of Predictive Variables
    https://www.ansiedadyestres.es/art/2021/anyes2021a10
    The results showed that higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were predictors of health anxiety. […] Therefore, people need to control and balance their emotional states in such outbreaks. […] The results supported that being female is a risk factor for health anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic. […] However, the findings of this study are worthwhile for developing strategies to combat health anxiety.
  • #18 Total somatic symptom score as a predictor of health outcome in somatic symptom disorders | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
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    Total somatic symptom score provides a predictor of health status and healthcare use over and above the effects of anxiety, depression and general medical illnesses. […] After adjustment for these confounders, total somatic symptom score was associated with health status and healthcare use in cross-sectional analyses and predicted health status in the two prospective studies. […] The data from Manchester showed that the participants who had a high total somatic symptom score and who also expressed concerns about the seriousness of their bodily symptoms and marked health anxiety had more impaired health status than participants who had a low total somatic symptom score or a high total somatic symptom score without the additional psychological features. […] Our findings support the validity of a separate dimension based on numerous bothersome somatic symptoms that could be a useful measure in clinical or epidemiological studies aimed at predicting health status.
  • #19 Predicting anxiety treatment outcome in community mental health services using linked health administrative data | Scientific Reports
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-71557-2
    Anxiety disorders is ranked as the most common class of mental illness disorders globally, affecting hundreds of millions of people and significantly impacting daily life. Developing reliable predictive models for anxiety treatment outcomes holds immense potential to help guide the development of personalised care, optimise resource allocation and improve patient outcomes. […] The aims of this study were to (a) investigate associations between demographic, treatment, and clinical variables and changes in psychological distress while patients were engaged with community mental health services and (b) develop machine learning models to predict reliable change in Kessler (K10) psychological distress scores using a patients pre-treatment (K10) scores within a community mental health setting and their past health service interactions for anxiety disorders.
  • #20 Using Early Change to Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Exploring Timeframe, Calculation Method, and Differences of Disorder-Specific versus General Measures | PLOS One
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100614
    Early change can predict outcome of psychological treatment, especially in cognitive behavior therapy. […] This study aimed to investigate how well early change predicted outcome depending on the week it was measured, the calculation method (regression slope or simple subtraction), the type of measures used, and the target disorder. […] We conclude that a simple calculation method with a disorder-specific measure at week four seems to provide a good choice for predicting outcome in time-limited cognitive behavior therapy. […] There is a need to investigate clinically useful methods and instruments for early prediction of treatment outcome. […] The clinical usefulness of predictions of outcome is considered to decrease closer to the end of therapy when there is less room for change and more time has been spent in an ineffective treatment.
  • #21 Using Early Change to Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Exploring Timeframe, Calculation Method, and Differences of Disorder-Specific versus General Measures | PLOS One
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100614
    Early change can predict outcome of psychological treatment, especially in cognitive behavior therapy. […] This study aimed to investigate how well early change predicted outcome depending on the week it was measured, the calculation method (regression slope or simple subtraction), the type of measures used, and the target disorder. […] We conclude that a simple calculation method with a disorder-specific measure at week four seems to provide a good choice for predicting outcome in time-limited cognitive behavior therapy. […] There is a need to investigate clinically useful methods and instruments for early prediction of treatment outcome. […] The clinical usefulness of predictions of outcome is considered to decrease closer to the end of therapy when there is less room for change and more time has been spent in an ineffective treatment.
  • #22 Using Early Change to Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Exploring Timeframe, Calculation Method, and Differences of Disorder-Specific versus General Measures | PLOS One
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100614
    The extension of the period for defining early change from pre-treatment to the initial weeks of the therapy up to week 4 resulted in a steady increase in explained variance; however, between week 4 and 5 this trend changed. […] If a single point in time during treatment is to be chosen, week four seems to be a suitable week for early prediction of outcome. […] The study provides support for the use of simple statistical methods to predict outcome and suggests week four as a suitable candidate for early prediction of outcome. […] The findings also demonstrate that if disorder specific symptoms are considered the primary outcome then disorder specific measures should be used as predictors rather than general measures.
  • #23 Using Early Change to Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Exploring Timeframe, Calculation Method, and Differences of Disorder-Specific versus General Measures | PLOS One
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100614
    The extension of the period for defining early change from pre-treatment to the initial weeks of the therapy up to week 4 resulted in a steady increase in explained variance; however, between week 4 and 5 this trend changed. […] If a single point in time during treatment is to be chosen, week four seems to be a suitable week for early prediction of outcome. […] The study provides support for the use of simple statistical methods to predict outcome and suggests week four as a suitable candidate for early prediction of outcome. […] The findings also demonstrate that if disorder specific symptoms are considered the primary outcome then disorder specific measures should be used as predictors rather than general measures.
  • #24 Using Early Change to Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Exploring Timeframe, Calculation Method, and Differences of Disorder-Specific versus General Measures | PLOS One
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100614
    Early change can predict outcome of psychological treatment, especially in cognitive behavior therapy. […] This study aimed to investigate how well early change predicted outcome depending on the week it was measured, the calculation method (regression slope or simple subtraction), the type of measures used, and the target disorder. […] We conclude that a simple calculation method with a disorder-specific measure at week four seems to provide a good choice for predicting outcome in time-limited cognitive behavior therapy. […] There is a need to investigate clinically useful methods and instruments for early prediction of treatment outcome. […] The clinical usefulness of predictions of outcome is considered to decrease closer to the end of therapy when there is less room for change and more time has been spent in an ineffective treatment.
  • #25 Using Early Change to Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Exploring Timeframe, Calculation Method, and Differences of Disorder-Specific versus General Measures | PLOS One
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100614
    The extension of the period for defining early change from pre-treatment to the initial weeks of the therapy up to week 4 resulted in a steady increase in explained variance; however, between week 4 and 5 this trend changed. […] If a single point in time during treatment is to be chosen, week four seems to be a suitable week for early prediction of outcome. […] The study provides support for the use of simple statistical methods to predict outcome and suggests week four as a suitable candidate for early prediction of outcome. […] The findings also demonstrate that if disorder specific symptoms are considered the primary outcome then disorder specific measures should be used as predictors rather than general measures.
  • #26 Using Early Change to Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Exploring Timeframe, Calculation Method, and Differences of Disorder-Specific versus General Measures | PLOS One
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0100614
    The extension of the period for defining early change from pre-treatment to the initial weeks of the therapy up to week 4 resulted in a steady increase in explained variance; however, between week 4 and 5 this trend changed. […] If a single point in time during treatment is to be chosen, week four seems to be a suitable week for early prediction of outcome. […] The study provides support for the use of simple statistical methods to predict outcome and suggests week four as a suitable candidate for early prediction of outcome. […] The findings also demonstrate that if disorder specific symptoms are considered the primary outcome then disorder specific measures should be used as predictors rather than general measures.
  • #27 Predicting anxiety treatment outcome in community mental health services using linked health administrative data | Scientific Reports
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-71557-2
    The classification model achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.76 as well as an F1 score, precision and recall of 0.69, and the regression model achieved an R2 of 0.37 with mean absolute error of 5.58 on the test dataset. […] The moderate performance indicates that the models could be further improved with more data and/or better discriminating features. However, there is likely to be an upper limit on prediction performance given the inherent complexity of human lives in predicting the outcome of patient treatments (i.e. Bayes error). […] This study developed classification and regression models that showed moderate prediction performance with features that would be relatively easy to collect and implement in health services organisations and clinics on a linked health administrative dataset collected over a 17-year period. Future research using regular patient outcome monitoring, clinical assessment, consumer and administrative data, may yield more accurate and reliable models for predicting patient outcomes.
  • #28 Predicting anxiety treatment outcome in community mental health services using linked health administrative data | Scientific Reports
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-71557-2
    The classification model achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.76 as well as an F1 score, precision and recall of 0.69, and the regression model achieved an R2 of 0.37 with mean absolute error of 5.58 on the test dataset. […] The moderate performance indicates that the models could be further improved with more data and/or better discriminating features. However, there is likely to be an upper limit on prediction performance given the inherent complexity of human lives in predicting the outcome of patient treatments (i.e. Bayes error). […] This study developed classification and regression models that showed moderate prediction performance with features that would be relatively easy to collect and implement in health services organisations and clinics on a linked health administrative dataset collected over a 17-year period. Future research using regular patient outcome monitoring, clinical assessment, consumer and administrative data, may yield more accurate and reliable models for predicting patient outcomes.
  • #29 Dimensions of anxiety in Major depressive disorder and their use in predicting antidepressant treatment outcome: an iSPOT-D report | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/dimensions-of-anxiety-in-major-depressive-disorder-and-their-use-in-predicting-antidepressant-treatment-outcome-an-ispotd-report/C8325C17AD12A83851CD78DB9E1AD770
    Anxiety symptoms in people with MDD can be separated onto distinct factors that differentially respond to treatment outcome. […] Furthermore, only higher somatic anxiety was associated with poorer QIDS-SR16 remission, even after adjusting for covariates and multiple comparisons. […] Future research should consider cognitive and somatic symptoms of anxiety separately when assessing anxiety in MDD and their use in predicting treatment outcome.
  • #30 Dimensions of anxiety in Major depressive disorder and their use in predicting antidepressant treatment outcome: an iSPOT-D report | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/dimensions-of-anxiety-in-major-depressive-disorder-and-their-use-in-predicting-antidepressant-treatment-outcome-an-ispotd-report/C8325C17AD12A83851CD78DB9E1AD770
    Anxiety symptoms in people with MDD can be separated onto distinct factors that differentially respond to treatment outcome. […] Furthermore, only higher somatic anxiety was associated with poorer QIDS-SR16 remission, even after adjusting for covariates and multiple comparisons. […] Future research should consider cognitive and somatic symptoms of anxiety separately when assessing anxiety in MDD and their use in predicting treatment outcome.
  • #31
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-024-01507-2
    Health anxiety can be conceptualised on a continuum, ranging from mild to severe, with IAD at the severe end of this spectrum. […] Health anxiety causes significant impact and impairment to individuals and society. For example, health anxious individuals report worse self-rated health, more interference with daily activities such as household duties, self-care and mobility, more personal distress, and are at increased risk of early mortality. […] Although the significant burden of health anxiety on individuals and society is recognised, there are gaps in our understanding of the condition. […] IAD is chronic, and debilitating, but when identified, it can be effectively treated with CBT. […] Research using DSM-5 IAD criteria is lacking, and more research is needed to better understand the disorder, particularly in children and youth.
  • #32
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-024-01507-2
    Future research should examine the predictive validity of IAD with and without comorbid anxiety in terms of course and treatment response. […] Overall, the most significant gap in this field is the limited number of studies utilising the current diagnostic criteria for Illness Anxiety Disorder. Addressing this gap is crucial if we are to significantly advance knowledge, improve our understanding of the disorder, intervene early, and develop targeted, effective treatments for the disorder.
  • #33
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-024-01507-2
    Future research should examine the predictive validity of IAD with and without comorbid anxiety in terms of course and treatment response. […] Overall, the most significant gap in this field is the limited number of studies utilising the current diagnostic criteria for Illness Anxiety Disorder. Addressing this gap is crucial if we are to significantly advance knowledge, improve our understanding of the disorder, intervene early, and develop targeted, effective treatments for the disorder.
  • #34 The Outcome of Health Anxiety in Primary Care. A Two-Year Follow-up Study on Health Care Costs and Self-Rated Health
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2844425/
    This study supports the validity of recently introduced new criteria for Health anxiety. […] The persistence of Health anxiety, which in this study was indicated by the high Health anxiety follow-up scores on the Whiteley-7 scale, seems to be in accordance with other studies reporting that many patients still fulfilled diagnostic criteria for Hypochondriasis during the follow-up period. […] The association between Health anxiety and unfavorable outcome may be explained by the possibility that patients with a well-defined medical condition are more inclined to fear for their health and therefore mistakenly may appear to have Health anxiety. […] It is noteworthy that the severe Health anxiety patients had worse outcomes on any outcome measures used in this study, including PCS, than patients with a well-defined medical condition. […] Health anxiety seems in its severe form to be a quite disturbing and persistent condition entailing high health care costs, and it should be more consistently diagnosed and aggressively treated.
  • #35
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-024-01507-2
    Health anxiety can be conceptualised on a continuum, ranging from mild to severe, with IAD at the severe end of this spectrum. […] Health anxiety causes significant impact and impairment to individuals and society. For example, health anxious individuals report worse self-rated health, more interference with daily activities such as household duties, self-care and mobility, more personal distress, and are at increased risk of early mortality. […] Although the significant burden of health anxiety on individuals and society is recognised, there are gaps in our understanding of the condition. […] IAD is chronic, and debilitating, but when identified, it can be effectively treated with CBT. […] Research using DSM-5 IAD criteria is lacking, and more research is needed to better understand the disorder, particularly in children and youth.
  • #36 The Outcome of Health Anxiety in Primary Care. A Two-Year Follow-up Study on Health Care Costs and Self-Rated Health
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2844425/
    Hypochondriasis is prevalent in primary care, but the diagnosis is hampered by its stigmatizing label and lack of valid diagnostic criteria. […] Little is known about Health anxiety’s impact on longitudinal outcome, and this study aimed to examine impact on self-rated health and health care costs. […] Compared with the 968 patients with well-defined medical conditions, the 81 severe Health anxiety patients and the 59 DSM-IV Hypochondriasis patients continued during follow-up to manifest significantly more Health anxiety (Whiteley-7 scale). […] A poor outcome of Health anxiety was not explained by comorbid depression, anxiety disorder or well-defined medical condition. […] Severe Health anxiety was found to be a disturbing and persistent condition. It is costly for the health care system and must be taken seriously, i.e. diagnosed and treated.
  • #37 The Outcome of Health Anxiety in Primary Care. A Two-Year Follow-up Study on Health Care Costs and Self-Rated Health
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2844425/
    Hypochondriasis is prevalent in primary care, but the diagnosis is hampered by its stigmatizing label and lack of valid diagnostic criteria. […] Little is known about Health anxiety’s impact on longitudinal outcome, and this study aimed to examine impact on self-rated health and health care costs. […] Compared with the 968 patients with well-defined medical conditions, the 81 severe Health anxiety patients and the 59 DSM-IV Hypochondriasis patients continued during follow-up to manifest significantly more Health anxiety (Whiteley-7 scale). […] A poor outcome of Health anxiety was not explained by comorbid depression, anxiety disorder or well-defined medical condition. […] Severe Health anxiety was found to be a disturbing and persistent condition. It is costly for the health care system and must be taken seriously, i.e. diagnosed and treated.