Psychiatric Aspects of Medically Unexplained Symptoms [PDF]
Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2013 The patients with medically unexplained symptoms for their physical symp-toms are generally prevalent in the primary care consultation. Such patient, frequently consume primary and secondary healthcare services and it is a situa-tion that disappointed ...
Gokhan Kandemir, Ismail Ak
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The resource utilisation of medically unexplained physical symptoms
SAGE Open Medicine, 2016 Objectives: As patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms may present frequently to hospital settings and receive potentially unnecessary investigations and treatments, we aimed to assess the frequency and type of medically unexplained ...
Kimberley Lee +3 more
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Discovering strengths in patients with medically unexplained symptoms – a focus group study with general practitioners [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2022 Background When patients suffer medically unexplained symptoms, consultations can be difficult and frustrating for both patient and GP. Acknowledging the patient as a co-subject can be particularly important when the symptoms remain unexplained.
Ingjerd Helene Jøssang +2 more
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Psychosomatic symptoms related to exacerbation of fatigue in patients with medically unexplained symptoms [PDF]
Journal of General and Family Medicine, 2023 Background Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are common conditions that cause various somatic complaints and are often avoided in primary care. Fatigue frequently occurs in patients with MUS.
Kazuaki Hashimoto +6 more
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Properties of the Sickness Questionnaire in an Australian sample with chronic medically unexplained symptoms [PDF]
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 2020 Sickness behavior including malaise, fatigue and increased pain sensitivity is thought to be adaptive and facilitate recovery from disease. However, it may also reduce functioning and health if symptoms persists, which is why validated instruments for ...
Anna Andreasson +6 more
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Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS): Faults and Implications [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 The classification of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) could have negative consequences for patients with functional somatic syndromes (FSS). By grouping related but distinct syndromes into one label, the MUS classification fails to inform clinicians
Michiel Tack
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Medically unexplained symptoms: time to and triggers for diagnosis in primary care consultations. [PDF]
Br J Gen Pract, 2020 Background It is currently not known when in the consultation GPs label symptoms as medically unexplained and what triggers this. Aim To establish the moment in primary care consultations when a GP labels symptoms as medically unexplained and to ...
Houwen, J. +6 more
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Evaluating Commonalities between Different Medically Unexplained Symptoms [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 This commentary presents commonalities in medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) across multiple organ systems, including symptoms, aetiological mechanisms, comorbidity with mental health disorders, symptom burden and impact on quality of life.
Kleinstäuber, Maria +9 more
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Patients’ experience with medical communication about medically unexplained symptoms [PDF]
Communications MedicineBackground: How physicians communicate explanations about Medically Unexplained Symptoms and how patients experience this communication remains insufficiently studied.
Elise Rambaud +3 more
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The Prevalence of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Emergency Neurology Service [PDF]
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) represent a clinical syndrome encompassing conditions in which patients present with symptoms that cannot be adequately explained by identifiable organic pathology or do not meet established
Marija Ernoić +12 more
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