Medically unexplained presentations and quality of life: A study of a predominantly South Asian primary care population in England

Venugopal Duddu; Nusrat Husain; Christopher Dickens

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.05.002

Medically unexplained presentations and quality of life: A study of a predominantly South Asian primary care population in England

Venugopal Duddu, Nusrat Husain, Christopher Dickens

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Primary care subjects from a predominantly South Asian inner-city setting in Manchester, UK, were studied. We aimed to determine whether medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are associated with worse health-related quality of life than medically explained symptoms (MES), after controlling for differences in sociodemographic variables, number of somatic symptoms, and levels of anxiety and depression. One hundred nineteen subjects attending general practice completed questionnaires to assess somatic symptoms, anxiety, depression, and quality of life. Doctors' records were later studied to ascertain whether the presentation was medically explained. Thirty-nine subjects (33%) had medically unexplained presentations. Compared to patients with MES, those with MUS had significantly more somatic symptoms (6.9 vs. 4.3, P

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	311-317
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of psychosomatic research
Volume	65
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.05.002
Publication status	Published - Oct 2008

Keywords

Anxiety
Depression
Psychological distress
Quality of life
Somatic symptoms

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Medically unexplained presentations and quality of life: A study of a predominantly South Asian primary care population in England

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