Int J Dermatol. 2017 Sep;56(9):968-971. doi: 10.1111/ijd.13692
Patients see doctors with
varying degrees of concern regardin their health. While some require tests or
treatments, a subset has severe health anxiety and cannot be reassured by
tests, procedures, or pharmaceuticals but may be helped, at least temporarily,
by a sympathetic listening face and reassurance. Hence, we designed a
questionnaire to investigate health anxiety in patients recruited from a
general dermatology clinic.
