Classification of somatization and functional somatic symptoms in primary care.

PubWeight™: 1.14‹?› | Rank: Top 10%

🔗 View Article (PMID 16168035)

Published in Aust N Z J Psychiatry on September 01, 2005

Authors

Per Fink1, Marianne Rosendal, Frede Olesen

Author Affiliations

1: The Research Unit for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, Noerrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. flip@as.aaa.dk

Articles citing this

Patients with persistent medically unexplained symptoms in general practice: characteristics and quality of care. BMC Fam Pract (2007) 1.28

The General Practitioner's Consultation Approaches to Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Qualitative Study. ISRN Family Med (2012) 0.81

The somatically preoccupied patient in primary care: use of attachment theory to strengthen physician-patient relationships. Osteopath Med Prim Care (2008) 0.80

Functional illness in primary care: dysfunction versus disease. BMC Fam Pract (2008) 0.80

Patient characteristics and frequency of bodily distress syndrome in primary care: a cross-sectional study. Br J Gen Pract (2015) 0.80

Analyzing the problems in managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 0.78

Bodily distress syndrome: A new diagnosis for functional disorders in primary care? BMC Fam Pract (2015) 0.77

"Medically unexplained" symptoms and symptom disorders in primary care: prognosis-based recognition and classification. BMC Fam Pract (2017) 0.75

Clinical effectiveness of an ultra-brief intervention for common mental health syndromes in primary care: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials (2015) 0.75

The association between medically unexplained physical symptoms and health care use over two years and the influence of depressive and anxiety disorders and personality traits: a longitudinal study. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75

Medically unexplained physical symptoms and work functioning over 2 years: their association and the influence of depressive and anxiety disorders and job characteristics. BMC Fam Pract (2016) 0.75

Low prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in primary health care in four Swedish counties. Scand J Prim Health Care (2013) 0.75

The resource utilisation of medically unexplained physical symptoms. SAGE Open Med (2016) 0.75

Blood pressure reactivity predicts somatic reactivity to stress in daily life. J Behav Med (2010) 0.75

New concepts for ICD-classification of common mental disorders from the perspective of general medical practice. Wien Med Wochenschr (2015) 0.75

Articles by these authors

Are the serious problems in cancer survival partly rooted in gatekeeper principles? An ecologic study. Br J Gen Pract (2011) 4.28

Qualitative description - the poor cousin of health research? BMC Med Res Methodol (2009) 3.32

Continuity of care: an essential element of modern general practice? Fam Pract (2003) 2.78

Population-based strategies for outreach screening of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infections: a randomized, controlled trial. J Infect Dis (2002) 2.44

Diagnosis of somatisation: effect of an educational intervention in a cluster randomised controlled trial. Br J Gen Pract (2003) 2.44

Socioeconomic patient characteristics predict delay in cancer diagnosis: a Danish cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 2.28

Time intervals from first symptom to treatment of cancer: a cohort study of 2,212 newly diagnosed cancer patients. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 2.23

Delay in diagnosis of lung cancer in general practice. Br J Gen Pract (2006) 2.12

Patient characteristics as predictors of primary health care preferences: a systematic literature analysis. Health Expect (2003) 1.99

Patient delay in cancer studies: a discussion of methods and measures. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.93

Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging and transvaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis, mapping, and measurement of uterine myomas. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2002) 1.85

Symptoms and syndromes of bodily distress: an exploratory study of 978 internal medical, neurological, and primary care patients. Psychosom Med (2007) 1.85

Associations between home death and GP involvement in palliative cancer care. Br J Gen Pract (2009) 1.84

Reasons for encounter and disease patterns in Danish primary care: changes over 16 years. Scand J Prim Health Care (2012) 1.74

The initial cancer pathway for children - one-fourth wait more than 3 months. Acta Paediatr (2012) 1.67

Mental disorders in primary care: prevalence and co-morbidity among disorders. results from the functional illness in primary care (FIP) study. Psychol Med (2005) 1.63

Addressing the future role of general practice at the 16th Nordic Congress in Copenhagen 2009: how can we ensure sustainable care in a complex world of evidence, context, organization, and personal care? Scand J Prim Health Care (2008) 1.58

Palliative care for cancer patients in a primary health care setting: Bereaved relatives' experience, a qualitative group interview study. BMC Palliat Care (2008) 1.52

[Patients' assessment of their general practitioners--the significance of patient characteristics. General results from the DanPEP--part I]. Ugeskr Laeger (2010) 1.47

Doctor and practice characteristics associated with differences in patient evaluations of general practice. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 1.44

Impact of intensified testing for urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infections: a randomised study with 9-year follow-up. Sex Transm Infect (2010) 1.44

Evaluation of an intervention designed to enhance involvement of older patients in their own care. Eur J Gen Pract (2006) 1.44

[New unifying diagnosis of functional diseases]. Ugeskr Laeger (2010) 1.38

Caregivers' active role in palliative home care - to encourage or to dissuade? A qualitative descriptive study. BMC Palliat Care (2008) 1.35

Mycoplasma genitalium: prevalence and behavioural risk factors in the general population. Sex Transm Infect (2006) 1.32

Assessment and treatment of functional disorders in general practice: the extended reattribution and management model--an advanced educational program for nonpsychiatric doctors. Psychosomatics (2002) 1.27

A cluster-randomized trial of the significance of a reminder procedure in a patient evaluation survey in general practice. Int J Qual Health Care (2006) 1.24

The uncertain consultation and patient satisfaction: the impact of patients' illness perceptions and a randomized controlled trial on the training of physicians' communication skills. Psychosom Med (2005) 1.22

Recent developments in the understanding and management of functional somatic symptoms in primary care. Curr Opin Psychiatry (2008) 1.22

The FIP study: a randomised, controlled trial of screening and recognition of psychiatric disorders. Br J Gen Pract (2003) 1.22

Cancer rehabilitation: psychosocial rehabilitation needs after discharge from hospital? Scand J Prim Health Care (2008) 1.17

The patients' illness perceptions and the use of primary health care. Psychosom Med (2005) 1.17

Patient and GP agreement on aspects of general practice care. Fam Pract (2002) 1.17

Presenting symptoms of children with cancer: a primary-care population-based study. Br J Gen Pract (2012) 1.15

A brief case-finding questionnaire for common mental disorders: the CMDQ. Fam Pract (2005) 1.12

Continuing medical education and burnout among Danish GPs. Br J Gen Pract (2008) 1.11

Early diagnosis of cancer--the role of general practice. Scand J Prim Health Care (2009) 1.11

Intervention among frequent attenders of the out-of-hours service: a stratified cluster randomized controlled trial. Scand J Prim Health Care (2004) 1.11

[The use of Danish day-time general practice. Status and perspectives]. Ugeskr Laeger (2005) 1.09

Patient characteristics associated with differences in patients' evaluation of their general practitioner. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.08

Cancer suspicion in general practice, urgent referral and time to diagnosis: a population-based GP survey and registry study. BMC Cancer (2014) 1.08

Congruence between preferred and actual place of care and death among Danish cancer patients. Palliat Med (2012) 1.07

Management of medically unexplained symptoms. BMJ (2005) 1.06

Does the organizational structure of health care systems influence care-seeking decisions? A qualitative analysis of Danish cancer patients' reflections on care-seeking. Scand J Prim Health Care (2011) 1.05

General practitioner characteristics and delay in cancer diagnosis. a population-based cohort study. BMC Fam Pract (2011) 1.03

A new, empirically established hypochondriasis diagnosis. Am J Psychiatry (2004) 1.03

Associations between successful palliative trajectories, place of death and GP involvement. Scand J Prim Health Care (2010) 1.02

Somatization, heartsink patients, or functional somatic symptoms? Towards a clinical useful classification in primary health care. Scand J Prim Health Care (2005) 1.02

Patients' confidence in their GP before and after being diagnosed with cancer. Br J Gen Pract (2011) 1.02

A randomized controlled trial of brief training in the assessment and treatment of somatization in primary care: effects on patient outcome. Gen Hosp Psychiatry (2007) 1.01

Cancer surviving patients' rehabilitation - understanding failure through application of theoretical perspectives from Habermas. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.01

Consumption in out-of-hours health care: Danes double Dutch? Scand J Prim Health Care (2014) 1.01

Who is the key worker in palliative home care? Scand J Prim Health Care (2011) 1.01

General practitioner assessment of structured oncological information accompanying newly referred cancer patients. Scand J Prim Health Care (2003) 1.00

Screening for common mental disorders: who will benefit? Results from a randomised clinical trial. Fam Pract (2005) 0.99

A randomised controlled trial of brief training in assessment and treatment of somatisation: effects on GPs' attitudes. Fam Pract (2005) 0.97

Shared care in basic level palliative home care: organizational and interpersonal challenges. J Palliat Med (2010) 0.96

Reproducibility of evaluation of the uterus by transvaginal sonography, hysterosonographic examination, hysteroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. Hum Reprod (2002) 0.95

Social environment and frequent attendance in Danish general practice. Br J Gen Pract (2005) 0.95

General practitioners' experience and benefits from patient evaluations. BMC Fam Pract (2011) 0.94

A feasible method to study the Danish out-of-hours primary care service. Dan Med J (2014) 0.93

General practitioners' attitudes toward reporting and learning from adverse events: results from a survey. Scand J Prim Health Care (2006) 0.93

Informed consent: attitudes, knowledge and information concerning prenatal examinations. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2006) 0.93

Value of self-reportable screening criteria to identify asymptomatic individuals in the general population for urogential Chlamydia trachomatis infection screening. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 0.92

Case-finding and risk-group screening for depression in primary care. Scand J Prim Health Care (2011) 0.91

Physical, mental and social factors associated with frequent attendance in Danish general practice. A population-based cross-sectional study. Soc Sci Med (2004) 0.91

Identification of patients with incident cancers using administrative registry data. Dan Med J (2014) 0.91

Complicated grief and need for professional support in family caregivers of cancer patients in palliative care: a longitudinal cohort study. Support Care Cancer (2011) 0.91

Do illness perceptions predict health outcomes in primary care patients? A 2-year follow-up study. J Psychosom Res (2007) 0.90

Outreach visits to improve dementia care in general practice: a qualitative study. Int J Qual Health Care (2007) 0.89

Is there an association between rumination and self-reported physical health? A one-year follow-up in a young and an elderly sample. J Behav Med (2004) 0.89

Informed consent: providing information about prenatal examinations. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2006) 0.89

Preference for place-of-death among terminally ill cancer patients in Denmark. Scand J Caring Sci (2011) 0.89

Secondary care intervals before and after the introduction of urgent referral guidelines for suspected cancer in Denmark: a comparative before-after study. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.87

Towards a clinically useful diagnosis for mild-to-moderate conditions of medically unexplained symptoms in general practice: a mixed methods study. BMC Fam Pract (2014) 0.87

Psychosocial impact of Chlamydia trachomatis testing in general practice. Br J Gen Pract (2006) 0.86

Training general practitioners in the treatment of functional somatic symptoms: effects on patient health in a cluster-randomised controlled trial (the Functional Illness in Primary Care study). Psychother Psychosom (2010) 0.86

Open Access to General Practice Was Associated with Burnout among General Practitioners. Int J Family Med (2013) 0.86

Developing an active implementation model for a chronic disease management program. Int J Integr Care (2013) 0.85

[Stress and burnout increase among general practitioners in Denmark]. Ugeskr Laeger (2014) 0.84

Access to outreach specialist palliative care teams among cancer patients in Denmark. J Palliat Med (2013) 0.84

Imaging techniques for evaluation of the uterine cavity and endometrium in premenopausal patients before minimally invasive surgery. Obstet Gynecol Surv (2002) 0.84

Negative thoughts and health: associations among rumination, immunity, and health care utilization in a young and elderly sample. Psychosom Med (2004) 0.84

Sick-leave decisions for patients with severe subjective health complaints presenting in primary care: a cross-sectional study in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Scand J Prim Health Care (2013) 0.84

Coping strategies and patient delay in patients with cancer. J Psychosoc Oncol (2013) 0.83

Special status consultation for frequent attenders. Who are the candidates? J Public Health Med (2002) 0.82

[The postgraduate training of general practitioners in communication and counseling. A questionnaire survey in the county of Aarhus]. Ugeskr Laeger (2002) 0.81

Associations between successful palliative cancer pathways and community nurse involvement. BMC Palliat Care (2009) 0.81

Cancer survivors' rehabilitation needs in a primary health care context. Fam Pract (2009) 0.81

Striking the balance: from patient-centred to dialogue-centred medicine. Scand J Prim Health Care (2004) 0.81

[Is change of general practitioners more frequent among patients diagnosed with cancer or other serious diseases?]. Ugeskr Laeger (2003) 0.80

The effect of an active implementation of a disease management programme for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on healthcare utilization--a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.80

Chronic-disease patients and their use of out-of-hours primary health care: a cross-sectional study. BMC Fam Pract (2014) 0.80

[Educational outreach visits. Choice of strategy for interviewing general practitioners]. Ugeskr Laeger (2003) 0.80

Fear of recurrence and causal attributions in long-term survivors of testicular cancer. Psychooncology (2011) 0.79

Socioeconomic position and place of death of cancer patients. BMJ Support Palliat Care (2012) 0.79

General practitioners' continuing medical education: a prospective study from the County of Aarhus. Scand J Prim Health Care (2002) 0.79