Table 1 Participant characteristics before treatment
Sociodemographic variables | |
 Age in years | 46 (14), 23–74 |
 Female gender | 22 (67%) |
 University educationa | 27 (82%) |
 Married or de facto | 27 (82%) |
 Has children | 26 (79%) |
 Employment | |
  Working full-time | 21 (64%) |
  Working part-time (< 90%) | 7 (21%) |
  Retired | 4 (12%) |
  Student | 1 (3%) |
Clinical variables | |
 Somatic symptom disorder | |
  Somatic symptom burden (PHQ-15)b | 11.8 (4.6), 3–20 |
  Symptom preoccupation (SSD-12)b | 33.2 (8.1), 22–47 |
  Functional impairment (WD2-12)b | 20.3 (16.1), 2.1–68.8 |
  Age of onset | 35 (18), 7–71 |
 Psychiatric comorbidity, current | |
  Major depressive disorder | 8 (24%) |
  Anxiety disorder, PTSD or OCD | 15 (45%) |
 Non-psychiatric comorbidity, any time | |
  Hypertension | 8 (24%) |
  Migraine | 8 (24%) |
  Irritable bowel syndrome | 7 (21%) |
  Osteoarthritis | 6 (18%) |
  Atrial fibrillation | 5 (15%) |
  Hiatal hernia | 5 (15%) |
  Hyper- or hypothyroidism | 5 (15%) |
  Atopic dermatitis | 4 (12%) |
  Cancer, any | 4 (12%) |
  Asthma | 3 (9%) |
  Fibromyalgia | 1 (3%) |
  Psoriasis | 1 (3%) |
  Renal disease | 1 (3%) |
 Medication | |
  Psychotropic | 15 (45%) |
  Pain, prescribed | 3 (9%) |
Recruitment path | |
 Searching on the internet | 15 (45%) |
 Social media platform | 6 (18%) |
 Friend, acquaintance or family member | 3 (9%) |
 Routine care clinician | 2 (6%) |
 Other or does not remember | 7 (21%) |