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Explaining persistent physical symptoms to patients in general practice: can tests to measure central sensitisation add value? A mixed-methods study

open access: yesBMC Primary Care
Introduction General practitioners (GPs) often face challenges in explaining to patients with persistent physical symptoms (PPS) why their symptoms persist. Providing an explanation of the central sensitisation (CS) mechanism to patients could be helpful,
Carine den Boer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

General practitioners' responses to the initial presentation of medically unexplained symptoms: a quantitative analysis

open access: yesBioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2008
Background Physicians in primary and secondary care are frequently confronted with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). In order to solve their patients' problems and out of a fear of overlooking a serious disease, many physicians give ...
van Dulmen Sandra, Kappen Teus
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioural modification interventions for medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: systematic reviews and economic evaluation

open access: yesHealth Technology Assessment, 2020
Background: The term ‘medically unexplained symptoms’ is used to cover a wide range of persistent bodily complaints for which adequate examination and appropriate investigations do not reveal sufficiently explanatory structural or other specified ...
Joanna Leaviss   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment and management of medically unexplained symptoms

open access: yes, 2008
Many people present with medically unexplained symptoms. For example, more than a quarter of primary care patients in England have unexplained chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, or chronic fatigue, 1 and in secondary and tertiary care, around a ...
Hatcher, Simon, Arroll, Bruce
core   +1 more source

Outcomes of adalimumab biosimilar nonmedical switches in children and young adults with inflammatory bowel disease

open access: yesJPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Adalimumab biosimilars are as safe and effective compared to the originator. Adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who switched to a biosimilar have comparable outcomes, but pediatric data are limited. This study evaluates clinical outcomes of children and young adults with IBD following a nonmedical, insurance‐driven
Daniel Himelstein   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical activity and somatic symptoms among hemodialysis patients: a multi-center study in Zhejiang, China

open access: yesBMC Nephrology, 2019
Background Somatic symptoms are commonly reported by patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Based on evidence that exercise can improve psychological state among the general population, we aimed to evaluate the effects of physical activity on somatic ...
Xiaowei Lou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The resource utilisation associated with medically unexplained physical symptoms

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2016
IntroductionPatients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) may present frequently to hospital settings and receive potentially unnecessary investigations and treatments.ObjectiveA sample of 49 patients was drawn and their handwritten and electronic clinical records were examined in detail to extricate all MUPS-related secondary care ...
F. Sundram, K. Lee, M. Johnson
openaire   +1 more source

Physician Satisfaction in Treating Medically Unexplained Symptoms.

open access: yes, 2017
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether treating conditions having medically unexplained symptoms is associated with lower physician satisfaction and higher ascribed patient responsibility, and to determine whether higher ascribed patient responsibility is ...
Brauer, Simon G   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of continuous traumatic stress and coping efficacy on mental health outcomes during an ongoing war in Ukraine

open access: yesJournal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract War profoundly affects the well‐being of civilian populations and shapes subsequent mental health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the effects of continuous traumatic stress (CTS) and coping efficacy on mental health outcomes among adults in Ukraine amid ongoing warfare over time.
Iryna Frankova   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medically unexplained symptoms

open access: yes, 2020
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are physical symptoms that have existed for several weeks, for which adequate medical examination or investigation has not revealed any medical condition that sufficiently explains the symptoms. Physical symptoms such
Fortes, S   +5 more
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