調查顯示:香港超過十分之一的成年人患有疑病症

According to ，on September 13, More than one of every ten Hong Kong adults is a hypochondriac who wrongly believes he or she is suffering from a serious illness, a survey released Monday showed.

Researchers at the Chinese University estimated that 570,000, or 11 percent of all adults, suffer from some form of hypochondria or chronic abnormal anxiety.

Sufferers get trapped in a "vicious spiral" in which anxiety over their imagined illnesses makes them unable to cope with normal work and office situations, researchers said.

Adults aged 45 to 54 are the most prone to hypochondria, and about a third of hypochondriacs suffer sleeping problems and 27 percent suffer fatigue, the survey of 3,000 people found.

Some hypochondriacs take their imagined symptoms from one doctor to another to try to confirm their beliefs that they are suffering from serious illnesses, such as cancer, researchers said.
"Hypochondriacal behaviour can cause significant disturbance to daily life," said professor Lee Sing, director of the university's Mood Disorders Centre, which conducted the survey，"Doctors should establish a supportive relationship with (patients) and help them reduce unnecessary check-ups and 'doctor-shopping'."

據國外《每日太陽報》網站9月13日報道，星期一發布的一份調查顯示，每十個香港成年人中，至少有一個認爲他們得了疑病症，而且這些人強烈認爲自己得了非常嚴重的疾病。

(香港)中文大學的研究者們估計，（香港）有57萬成年人，也就是11%的成年人正在受某種疑病症或慢性焦慮紊亂症的困擾。

研究人員表示，陷入“惡性循環”的患者表現出對想象出來的疾病過度的焦慮，以至於不能進行正常工作以及適應辦公室環境。

報告對3000名成年人進行調查，結果顯示，年齡在45歲到54歲之間的成年人更容易患疑病症；大約有三分之一疑病症患者有睡眠問題，27%的人患有疲勞症。

研究人員說，一些疑病症患者將自己想象出來的病症告訴很多個醫生，想以此證明他們患有嚴重的疾病，如癌症。

報告的調查者，大學情緒障礙中心主任李星（音譯）教授說：“疑病症行爲會給患者日常生活帶來巨大的困擾。所以，醫生們應該與病人建立支持的關係，幫助他們減少不必要的檢查和 ‘走馬觀花式看病’”。