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
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Objective: To re-examine the widespread assumption that medically unexplained physical symptoms represent discrete syndromes resulting from somatization of mental illness.
Stanley, Ian M. +2 more
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Medically unexplained physical symptoms in medical practice: a psychiatric perspective.
Clusters of medically unexplained physical symptoms have been referred to in the literature by many different labels, including somatization, symptom-based conditions, and functional somatic syndromes, among many others. The traditional medical perspective has been to classify and study these symptoms and functional syndromes separately. In psychiatry,
Javier I, Escobar +2 more
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The effects of a structured communication tool in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms: a cluster randomized trial. [PDF]
Abrahamsen C +4 more
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The resource utilisation associated with medically unexplained physical symptoms
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
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Study of the Effectiveness of General Practice Clinical Pathway for Medically Unexplained Disease Manifested by Low Back Pain [PDF]
Background Low back pain is a common cause of consultation for patients in primary care, however, there is a lack of unified diagnostic and treatment guidelines for the management of patients with low back pain in China.
ZHU Xiaodan, LI Yanhua, WANG Jinghua, CHEN Fayu
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Perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals in Indian context: A qualitative study on Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS). [PDF]
Singh A +10 more
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Effectiveness of a blended multidisciplinary intervention for patients with moderate medically unexplained physical symptoms (PARASOL): A cluster randomized clinical trial. [PDF]
van Westrienen PE +5 more
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Background Somatization is regarded as psychological or emotional distress in the form of physical symptoms that are otherwise medically unexplained. Case presentation We report a case of a patient with a somatic symptom disorder (SSD) and depression who
Narifumi Yokoyama +7 more
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Comprehensive Treatment Module for Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms - A Guide for General Practitioners. [PDF]
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