2 results match your criteria: "Radboud Institute for Health Services Research[Affiliation]"
Persistent somatic symptom related stigmatisation by healthcare professionals: A systematic review of questionnaire measurement instruments.
J Psychosom Res
March 2023
Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Services Research, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Objective: Patients with persistent somatic symptoms (PSS) experience stigmatising attitudes and behaviours by healthcare professionals. While previous research has focussed on individual manifestations of PSS related stigma, less is known about sound ways to measure stigmatisation by healthcare professionals towards patients with PSS. This review aims to assess the quality of questionnaire measurement instruments and make recommendations about their use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStigma perceived by patients with functional somatic syndromes and its effect on health outcomes - A systematic review.
J Psychosom Res
March 2022
Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud Institute for Health Services Research, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background: Patients with functional somatic syndromes (FSS) experience stigma which arguably affects their health.
Aim: To determine the presence of perceived stigma and its effects on physical and mental health in patients with FSS compared to patients with comparable explained conditions.
Methods: A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Cochrane Library was performed to select studies focusing on stigma perceived by patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia (FM) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), comparing these patients to patients with comparable but explained conditions.