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Richard E. Burney, MD
Ann Arbor, Mich

Arch Surg. 2002;137:784.

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It is generally accepted among endocrine surgeons that many, if not most, patients with primary hyperparathyroidism have a wide spectrum of physical and mental impairments, and that the severity of these impairments improves after correction of the condition by parathyroidectomy. To try to shed light on this phenomenon, Okamoto and colleagues from Japan report on the results of psychological testing, using the General Health Questionnaire, of 26 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism before and after curative operation.

The General Health Questionnaire¹ has been used since 1972 as a screening instrument for the detection of diagnosable psychiatric disorders in the primary care setting. The full questionnaire has 60 questions; the authors of this study used the shorter 28-question version, which has been validated internationally and used as a screening method for identifying psychiatric illness–associated somatic symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social dysfunction, and severe depression, with sensitivities in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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