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Medically unexplained symptoms and somatoform disorders: prevalence, course and comorbidity. : An eleven year general population study in Norway.

, 2007
Somatoform disorders (SDs) according to present classifications (ICD-10/DSM-IV) are characterized by “medically unexplained symptoms” (MUSs), i.e. physical symptoms that cannot be fully explained by any detectable medical condition, substance or alcohol ...
Leiknes, Kari Ann
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Medically unexplained symptoms

, 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, Clarke, D, olde Hartman, T, Dorwick, C, Usta, J, Lam, CLK   +5 more
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Medically unexplained physical symptoms in children: exploring hospital staff perceptions.

, 2009
Many children present at GP surgeries with debilitating symptoms with no obvious physical cause and are then referred to acute settings for investigation.
Furness, Penny J, Tay, Jasmine, Slaveska - Hollis, Karmen, Glazebrook, Cris, Abbas, Kirsty   +4 more
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Medically unexplained symptoms, illness perception and childhood experience in neurology outpatients

, 2001
Objectives: Up to one third of patients presenting to neurology outpatients clinics have medically unexplained symptoms, but the aetiology of such symptoms is not well understood.
Creed, F., Kapur, N.; id_orcid, Targosz, S. A.   +2 more
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Persistent (unexplained) physical symptoms: evidence-based highlights

, 2014
Medically unexplained symptoms account for up to 50% of specialist referrals in the NHS, but because they tend to be seen in specialist clinics, health-care staff may not be aware of the variety of presentations and commonalties between different ...
Wilson, Janet, Metcalfe, Louise, Deary, Vincent   +2 more
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Development and usability testing of ‘my symptoms young’: a web-based self-help program for persistent physical symptoms in adolescents (part of the eASY research programme)

BMC Digital Health
Background Persistent physical symptoms (PPS) (i.e., symptoms that cannot be explained by conventional diagnoses) are common in young people. PPS are associated with impairments in daily life activities, mental health problems and low quality of life. In
Oliver Rønn Christensen, Lisbeth Frostholm, Mette Trøllund Rask, Marianne Rosendal, Charlotte Ulrikka Rask   +4 more
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General practitioners' responses to the initial presentation of medically unexplained symptoms: a quantitative analysis

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

Health 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, Sarah Davis, Shijie Ren, Jean Hamilton, Alison Scope, Andrew Booth, Anthea Sutton, Glenys Parry, Marta Buszewicz, Rona Moss-Morris, Peter White   +10 more
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The Heterogeneity of Illness Behaviors in Patients with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2016
To investigate the heterogeneity of illness behavior in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS), we clustered patients in regard to their degree of engaging in different aspects of illness behavior and identified related variables with these behaviors.A sample of N = 224 patients attending treatment in primary care with a history ...
Weiss, Frauke Dorothee, Rief, Winifried, Martin, Alexandra, Rauh, Elisabeth, Kleinstäuber, Maria   +4 more
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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

BMC 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, Zola Krak, Berend Terluin, Johannes C. van der Wouden, Annette H. Blankenstein, Henriëtte E. van der Horst   +5 more
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