Training Medical Specialists to Communicate Better with Patients with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS). A Randomized, Controlled Trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are prevalent 25-50% in general and specialist care. Medical specialists and residents often find patients without underlying pathology difficult to deal with, whereas patients sometimes don't ...
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M.U.P.S (Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms): Is the Accurate Diagnosis Necessary for the Rehab-Team? [PDF]
Rehabilitacja Medyczna, 2023 Background: Physiatrists often treat patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUPS), which suggest various psychiatric, psychosomatic or physical diagnoses.
Avi Ohry, Atzmon Tsur
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Medically unexplained physical symptoms - a multidisciplinary approach
European Psychiatry, 2011 BackgroundMedically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) can be defined as physical symptoms that have no currently known physical pathological cause. MUPS account for one in five new consultations in primary care and for one third of new patients when ...
D. Correia, F. Ramalho e Silva, V. Pais
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Functional disorders and ‘medically unexplained physical symptoms’
Medicine, 2016 Functional disorders (FDs) are physical symptoms that trigger the sufferer to seek healthcare, but which remain unexplained after appropriate medical assessment. They are very common and cause significant distress and disability.
Okai, D, Price, Jonathan, Price, JR
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Sickness absence, marginality, and medically unexplained physical symptoms: a focus-group study of patients' experiences. [PDF]
Scand J Prim Health Care, 2013 Aamland A, Werner EL, Malterud K.
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Medically unexplained physical symptoms. [PDF]
J Gen Intern Med, 2009 Jackson JL, George S, Hinchey S.
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Somatic comorbidity and physical frailty in elderly with medically unexplained symptoms
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Reported prevalence rates of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) in people aged ≥65 years range between 1.5 and 18%. People with MUS often describe a low quality of life and frequently suffer from co-morbid anxiety and depressive disorders.
M. Arts
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Annals of Health Research, 2020 Background: Medically unexplained symptoms are frequently encountered by physicians at the primary care level. The complexity lies in the ill-defined nature of the multiple physical symptoms and the similarity to several organic disorders.
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Bibliometrics and Visualization Analysis of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms Based on Web of Science Database [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 Background In recent years, medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are widely concerned by domestic and foreign scholars. However, China started late in this field with relatively backward development.
WANG Min, GUO Wenjun, CHEN Yongzhen, FENG Xinyu, TANG Zhongquan, ZHAO Xiaomin, OU Ting, DAI Xinyu, LI Yuntao
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Tests for central sensitization in general practice: a Delphi study
BMC Family Practice, 2021 Introduction Central sensitization (CS) may explain the persistence of symptoms in patients with chronic pain and persistent physical symptoms (PPS). There is a need for assessing CS in the consultation room. In a recently published systematic review, we
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