Background: To date, specific scales for the assessment of severity of somatoformdisorders are still rare.
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Regarding CAP-related knowledge, both paediatricians and GPs rated somatoformdisorders and obesity as highly important for daily practice.
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Conclusions: The QUISS could be a useful instrument in somatoformdisorders for the assessment of syndrome severity and treatment outcome in scientific and clinical settings.
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Not only number, severity and frequency of somatoform symptoms, but also common cognitive and behavioural domains of somatoformdisorders have been included into this instrument.