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Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Somatic Symptom Scale-8.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Somatic symptoms in psychiatry include underlying depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to conduct a validation study of a Korean version of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (K-SSS-8), and to utilize the K-SSS-8 effectively in clinical settings. METHODS:For reliabilty, test-retest reliability and internal consistency were analyzed. For construct validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted. Known-group validity was verified, Jonckheere-Terpstra test (J-T statistic) were used. RESULTS:Maternal Cronbach's alpha was 0.85 and r value of test-retest reliability was 0.777. In the EFA, 2-, 3- and 4-factor model showed cumulative percentile for variance of 60% or more. In the CFA, the 3-factor model was found to be the most appropriated and simplest (?2=10.992, df=17, CFI=1.000, TLI=1.022, RMSEA=0.000). The verifying the difference in K-SSS-8 also showed significant difference. (J-T statistic=-2.510, p<0.05). CONCLUSION:K-SSS-8 can be useful for exploring symptoms such as panic symptoms, physical pain, and physiological symptoms experienced by patients in a short time. In addition, the K-SSS-8 is expected to be very useful for determining the current severity by using the severity categories and for establish additionally required assessment plans for depression and anxiety symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Yang CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449834 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Somatic Symptom Scale-8.

Yang Chan-Mo CM   Hwang Kyu-Sic KS   Lee Sang-Yeol SY   Seo Jeong Seok JS   Jang Seung-Ho SH  

Psychiatry investigation 20200818 8


<h4>Objective</h4>Somatic symptoms in psychiatry include underlying depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to conduct a validation study of a Korean version of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (K-SSS-8), and to utilize the K-SSS-8 effectively in clinical settings.<h4>Methods</h4>For reliabilty, test-retest reliability and internal consistency were analyzed. For construct validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted. K  ...[more]

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