Feasibility of group-based acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents (AHEAD) with multiple functional somatic syndromes: a pilot study

Table 2 Patient characteristics (N = 21)

	Mean (range) or n (%)
Gender (female)	21 (100%)
Age, years^a	18.5 (16.0–20.5)
Illness duration, years^a	4.25 (1.4–13.0)
Impairment:
Moderate	6 (28.6%)
Severe	14 (66.7%)
Family status:
Parents divorced	12 (57.1%)
Comorbidity (medical)^b:	8 (38.1%)
• Migraine	3 (14.3%)
• Asthma	2 (9.5%)
• Allergic rhinitis	4 (19.0%)
• Atopical dermatitis	2 (9.5%)
• Gallstone	1 (4.8%)
Comorbidity (psychiatric)^b:	7 (33.3%)
• Hypochondriasis	3 (14.3%)
• Social phobia	2 (9.5%)
• Specific (isolated) phobia	1 (4.8%)
• Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild	1 (4.8%)
• Specific reading disorder	1 (4.8%)
Syndrome diagnoses^c:
Tension-type headache	21 (100%)
Non-cardiac chest pain	18 (85.7%)
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)	13 (61.9%)
Fibromyalgia	13 (61.9%)
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)^d	8 (38.1%)
Health-related quality of life: mean (SD)
Physical health (aggregate score) (SF-36)	34.4 (7.5)
Physical component summary (SF-36 PCS)	35.5 (8.6)
Mental component summary (SF-36 MCS)	30.2 (13.5)

^aAt assessment, ^bsome patients have more than one comorbidity, ^cpost-hoc analysis from SCAN interview, ^dusing Rome IV criteria. However, the SCAN interview does not include the item ‘related to defecation’, hence percentage with IBS is likely underestimated

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