Winfried Häuser

..There are no studies available that assess whether the patients' subjective illness beliefs influence their behavior in utilizing healthcare...

..A new definition of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) based on symptoms and without tender points is discussed from a rheumatological viewpoint...

..We compared the concordance between these 3 criteria...

..We determined the magnitude of the placebo and nocebo response and its impact on the benefits and harms of true drug in trials of drugs which were submitted for approval for treatment of FMS...

..We tested in a case-control study if the association of self-reported childhood maltreatments in childhood and in adult FMS-patients is attributable to depression...

..There are no up to date data from representative samples of the general German population on the prevalence of debilitating pain and of pain diseases available...

..The reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of the FSQ were good. Further validation studies of the FSQ in clinical and general population settings are necessary...

..43, 95% confidence interval 1.88-6.26) and lifetime employment status as a worker (odds ratio 1.55, 95% confidence interval 1.04-2.31) predicted WP. Prospective studies are necessary to understand the temporal association of PTSD and WP...

..The choice of treatment options should be based on informed decision-making and respect of the patients' preferences...

..A rheumatologist's expertise might be needed to exclude difficult to diagnose or concomitant inflammatory rheumatic diseases. In the presence of mental illness referral to a mental health specialist for evaluation is recommended...

..Nocebo phenomena are common in clinical practice and have recently become a popular topic of research and discussion among basic scientists, clinicians, and ethicists...

..Consumer surveys provide information on effectiveness and side effects of medical interventions in routine clinical care. A report of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) consumers has not been carried out in Europe...

..The objectives of the study were to determine the impact of nocebo effects on adverse events (AEs) in drug trials in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN)...

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..Consumer reports provide information on benefits and harms in routine clinical care. We report the first fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) consumer reports in Europe...

..In Germany no data are available on the prevalence and predictors of urogenital pain in men from representative population samples...

..To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on cytokine levels in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)...

..Recent systematic reviews on psychological therapies of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) did not consider hypnosis/guided imagery (H/GI). Therefore we performed a systematic review with meta-analysis of the efficacy of H/GI in FMS...

..Drug placebo treatment of functional somatic syndromes (FSS) such as FMS has been discussed. We determined the magnitude of placebo responders in drug trials with FMS patients to substantiate further research on placebo treatment of FSS...

..There are no data available from representative samples of the general German population on predictors of widespread pain (WP) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)...

..We tested the hypothesis that "fibromyalgia syndrome" is a biopsychosocial continuum disorder...

..The results can help clinicians in choosing medication since the 3 drugs have different effects on the key symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome and differences in side effects, contraindications, and warnings...

..The efficacy and the optimal type and volume of aerobic exercise (AE) in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) are not established. We therefore assessed the efficacy of different types and volumes of AE in FMS...

..The Regional Pain Scale (RPS) had been developed for the diagnosis of FMS in clinical practice and in survey settings (survey criteria of FMS). So far a German version has not been validated...

..To compare anxiety and depression levels in adult patients with celiac disease (CD) on a gluten-free diet (GFD) with controls...

..To systematically assess the potential association of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse...

..We compared anxiety and depression of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) controlled for sociodemographic and medical variables with age- and sex-matched controls...

..To evaluate and compare the efficacy and acceptability of the antidepressants amitriptyline (AMT), duloxetine (DLX) and milnacipran (MLN) for FM syndrome (FMS)...

..001). The placebo response was not associated with age, sex, and race, but with year of study initiation, pain baseline, and effect size in active drug groups in both diseases...

..However, studies on gender differences in demographic and clinical features of FMS have contradictory results. Their significance is limited by the small number of patients included and selection bias of single settings...

..There are no up-to-date, representative studies on the frequency of maltreatment (abuse or neglect) among children and adolescents in Germany...

..We tested the hypothesis by comparing FMS-patients from a general population sample and different clinical settings...

..We hypothesized that depression and mucosal proinflammatory cytokines in UC-patients with pouchitis were associated...

..This S3 guideline takes positions on currently contentious issues in the classification and treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)...

..To assess biopsychosocial predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with chronic hepatitis C...

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..Data available on predictors of reduced health-related quality of life in coeliac disease are not consistent...

..To develop and validate a disease-specific instrument for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with adult celiac disease (CD)...

..01). There were no differences as to patient complication and complexity level PCCL between the three groups. Even within a diagnosis related groups system psychiatric comorbidity has a negative effect on the length of hospital stay...

..The Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire is an instrument for the assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with chronic liver diseases. So far it has not been validated for German speaking countries...

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..It was the aim of this study to assess to what extent evidence-based guidelines of the German Diabetes Society (DDG) for antihyperglycaemic treatment were applicable to hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes...

..Hopefully the biopsychosocial model and the distinction of subgroups will enable more differentiated and tailored psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment strategies...

..These factors were studied in patients with ulcerative colitis after ileal pouch anal anastomosis and were compared with ulcerative colitis patients without ileal pouch-anal anastomosis and the general German population...

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..The clinical experience that subjects claiming retirement pension tend to aggravate their symptoms in psychometric tests has not yet, to our knowledge, been empirically tested...

..16, 95% CI -0.23, -0.09, p<0.001) and of anxiety (SMD -0.18, 95% CI -0.27, -0.10; p<0.001). The external validity of the studies was limited because patients with severe somatic and mental disorders were excluded...

..We tested if a symptom-based diagnosis of FMS can be founded on the intensity of the symptoms musculoskeletal pain and fatigue...

..The inconsistencies across guidelines are likely attributable to the criteria used for study inclusion, weighting systems, and composition of the panels...

..To systematically review the efficacy of multicomponent treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)...

..0 higher than those of A and B. Integrated internal medicine is more cost effective compared to conventional internal medicine...

..Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic pain disorder associated with multiple debilitating symptoms and high disease-related costs. Effective treatment options are needed...

..We tested whether a symptom-based diagnosis of FMS can be based on the symptoms of musculoskeletal pain and fatigue...

..It has not been validated for patients with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) and ulcerative colitis (UC)...

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..No national survey on the present clinical spectrum and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people with coeliac disease has been conducted in Germany until now...

..In patients with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) the influences of psychosocial variables and of extraintestinal manifestations of ulcerative colitis (UC) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) have not been studied so far...

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..No positive evidence could be identified for Qi Gong, biofeedback, and body awareness therapy...

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..The role of antidepressants in the management of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) still needs to be determined...

..0 includes 7 DRGs of psychosomatic disorders in internal medicine (excluding disorders due to substance abuse). Assuming a base rate of euro 2,900, the total proceeds of the G-DRG Version 1.0 exceeded the costs (+ euro 57,971 /year)...

..We performed the first systematic review with metaanalysis of the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) in fibromyalgia syndrome (FM)...

..Motivation for and realization of smoking cessation interventions should be considered as important tasks of the psychosomatic or addiction primary care in private practices and hospitals...

..30, beta=0.57, p<0.001). The amount of fatigue in patients with IPAA was best predicted by the PDAI-score (corrected R(2)=0.20, beta=1.35, p=0.03)...

..Physicians are often unsure how extensive the work-up must be to exclude a somatic cause...

..To systematically review the efficacy of acupuncture in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)...