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F Olesen

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Psychological distress among patients with musculoskeletal illness in general practice.

The authors investigated the importance of psychological distress and somatization among patients with musculoskeletal illness in general practice. The authors used the Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL-8) and the Whiteley Index to rate 1,720 patients with musculoskeletal illness referred to physiotherapy from general practice. General practitioners (GPs), patients, and physiotherapists often noted stress or psychological distress to be a possible cause of the patient's musculoskeletal illness, but agreement between them was low. If the GP included the patient's own view on psychological distress, the result of the SCL-8 did not add much to the detection of distress. The results emphasize the importance of discussing psychological distress when dealing with patients with musculoskeletal illness.

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Psychological distress as a predictor of frequent attendance in family practice: a cohort study.

In cross-sectional studies, psychological distress has been associated with frequent health care utilization. However, there is a need for prospective studies to confirm these findings. This cohort study evaluated whether psychological distress predicted frequent attendance in family practice. In 1990, 185 consecutive adults who consulted their primary care physician (PCP) about an illness were rated on two psychometric scales (Hopkins Symptom Check List [SCL-8] and Whiteley-7), and their annual number of face-to-face contacts with a family practice was followed until 1996. Frequent attenders (FAs) were defined as the top 10%. A logistic regression analysis showed a significantly increased risk of becoming an FA with an increase of 1 point (odds ratio [OR] 1.17 [1.03-1.33]) on SCL and 1.28 (1.06-1.53) on Whiteley). An association was found between score and number of years as an FA (OR 1.16 [0.99-1.36] for SCL and OR 1.31 [1.05-1.65] for Whiteley). Psychological distress involved an increased risk of future frequent attendance among adult patients consulting family practice in the daytime about an illness.

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