BACKGROUND: Studies using self-report rating scales suggest a considerable overlap regarding symptom complaints in @entity1 with @entity239 ( @entity239 ) and @entity2210 ( @entity2210 ), while clinical assessments point to important psychological differences. PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that measurement of psychological state by means of content analysis of speech will demonstrate differentiation between the two @entity1 groups and between @entity1 with these disorders and age-matched population-based random sample controls. METHOD: The Giessener Symptom Complaints Checklist assessed somatic complaints. The computerised Gottschalk-Gleser content analysis method assessed psychological state in 42 females with @entity239 , 17 females with @entity2210 and 48 population-based, randomly selected control subjects. RESULTS: @entity239 @entity1 score higher on mutilation @entity148 than @entity2210 and control subjects. @entity2210 @entity1 had the highest score for @entity204 @entity148 . Mutilation @entity148 and low hope score identified @entity239 @entity1 (sensitivity 68%, specificity 81%, overall classification 75%), but only 19% of the variation in total somatic complaints could be predicted from these or other psychological state scores. In @entity2210 @entity1 , however, @entity204 @entity148 explained 59% of the variance in @entity344 . INTERPRETATION: Psychological state was differentiated among the three groups. Mutilation @entity148 may be a psychological marker of an underlying neurobiological vulnerability for @entity239 or may represent a secondary long-term consequence of @entity102 . In @entity2210 , @entity204 @entity148 is directly related to symptom complaints, suggesting a stronger etiological association between emotions and somatic complaints in this disorder.

Mutilation @entity148 differs among females with XXXX and @entity2210 and population controls.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity239 :: ('MESH:D005356', 'Disease') :: ['fibromyalgia', 'FM'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal complaints'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic illness'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity2210 :: ('MESH:D004415', 'Disease') :: ['functional dyspepsia', 'FD'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity239 :: (MESH:D005356,Disease) :: ['fibromyalgia']
