TY - JOUR
KW - Chi-Square Distribution
KW - Demography
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Interview, Psychological
KW - Logistic Models
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Physician-Patient Relations
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Principal Component Analysis
KW - Psychophysiologic Disorders/diagnosis/psychology/therapy
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data
KW - Somatoform Disorders/diagnosis/psychology/therapy
KW - Stress, Psychological/diagnosis/psychology/therapy
KW - Treatment Outcome
AU - K. Fritzsche
AU - H. Sandholzer
AU - E. Wetzler-Burmeister
AU - A. Hartmann
AU - M. Cierpka
AU - H. C. Deter
AU - R. Richter
AU - B. Schmidt
AU - M. Harter
AU - C. Hoger
AU - M. Wirsching
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AB - BACKGROUND: Patients with psychosocial problems often present somatic symptoms in primary care. OBJECTIVE: The authors compare interventions and outcomes of emotionally-distressed patients by presenting physical disease, somatoform symptoms, or psychological symptoms. METHOD: General practitioners (N=191) documented data from 1,286 patients with psychosocial problems. Experts rated the presented reasons for encounter. RESULTS: Somatoform symptoms, as well as physical disease, result in patients' receiving physical treatments. Psychologically-oriented treatment is more likely with psychological presentation, but not significantly related to somatoform symptoms. CONCLUSION: These findings underline the importance of a specific treatment approach for patients with somatoform symptoms, so as to avoid inappropriate treatment.
BT - Psychosomatics
C5 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 5
CY - United States
DO - 10.1176/appi.psy.51.5.386
IS - 5
JF - Psychosomatics
N2 - BACKGROUND: Patients with psychosocial problems often present somatic symptoms in primary care. OBJECTIVE: The authors compare interventions and outcomes of emotionally-distressed patients by presenting physical disease, somatoform symptoms, or psychological symptoms. METHOD: General practitioners (N=191) documented data from 1,286 patients with psychosocial problems. Experts rated the presented reasons for encounter. RESULTS: Somatoform symptoms, as well as physical disease, result in patients' receiving physical treatments. Psychologically-oriented treatment is more likely with psychological presentation, but not significantly related to somatoform symptoms. CONCLUSION: These findings underline the importance of a specific treatment approach for patients with somatoform symptoms, so as to avoid inappropriate treatment.
PP - United States
PY - 2010
SN - 1545-7206; 0033-3182
SP - 386
EP - 394
EP - 
T1 - Symptom presentation, interventions, and outcome of emotionally-distressed patients in primary care
T2 - Psychosomatics
TI - Symptom presentation, interventions, and outcome of emotionally-distressed patients in primary care
U1 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 20833937
U3 - 10.1176/appi.psy.51.5.386
VL - 51
VO - 1545-7206; 0033-3182
Y1 - 2010
ER -