{"id":2323,"date":"2016-08-18T12:33:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T12:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/psysss\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:30:25","slug":"psysss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/psysss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Somatic Symptom Scale\u20138 (SSS-8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Somatic symptoms are the core features of many medical diseases, and they are used to evaluate the\u00a0severity and course of illness. The 8-item Somatic Symptom Scale (SSS-8) was recently developed as a brief, patient-reported outcome measure of somatic symptom burden.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 1.3em;\"><!--more--> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>The Somatic Symptom Scale\u20138 (SSS-8)<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\"><b>During the past 7 days, how much have you been bothered by any of the following\u00a0problems?<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">Not at all<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">A little bit<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">Somewhat<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">Quite a bit<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">Very much<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Stomach or bowel problems<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Back pain<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Pain in your arms, legs, or joints<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Headaches<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Chest pain or shortness of breath<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Dizziness<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Feeling tired or having low energy<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\">Trouble sleeping<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"58\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"57\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"184\"><b>SSS-8 Score<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Severity categories:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>0-3 No to minimal<\/li>\n<li>4-7 Low<\/li>\n<li>8-11 Medium<\/li>\n<li>12-15 High<\/li>\n<li>16-32 Very high<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>References<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Gierk B, Kohlmann S, Kroenke K, Spangenberg L, Zenger M, Br\u00e4hler E, L\u00f6we B. The somatic symptom scale-8 (SSS-8): a brief measure of somatic symptom burden. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Mar;174(3):399-407.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24276929\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gierk B, Kohlmann S, Toussaint A, Wahl I, Br\u00fcnahl CA, Murray AM, L\u00f6we B. Assessing somatic symptom burden: a psychometric comparison of the patient health questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) and the somatic symptom scale-8 (SSS-8).\u00a0J Psychosom Res. 2015 Apr;78(4):352-5\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25498316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hybelius J, Kosic A, Salomonsson S, Wachtler C, Wallert J, Nordin S, Axelsson E. Measurement Properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 and Somatic Symptom Scale-8: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 4;7(11):e2446603. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39565620\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Created Aug 18, 2016.<br \/>\nUp-date Mar 12, 2026.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[691,452,457,690,689,688,687,686,692],"class_list":["post-2323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychiatry","tag-691","tag-escala","tag-scale","tag-sintomas","tag-somatic","tag-somaticos","tag-sss","tag-sss-8","tag-symptom"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10709,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions\/10709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}