3 studies have found a negative predictive value for a higher degree of health anxiety before treatment [32,33,66], but the results for pretreatment anxiety, general psychopathology and chronicity are inconsistent [32,33,62,66]. One study also found negative predictive value for more dysfunctional cognitions related to bodily functioning, disability at work and utilization of health care before treatment but no predictive value for comorbid anxiety or depressive disorders [33].