ReviewJournal of family medicine and primary care
Biopsychosocial model of illnesses in primary care: A hermeneutic literature review.
Review in Journal of family medicine and primary care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04946149 (Psychosocial Factors, Lifestyle and Central Pain Processing as Potential Predictors of Outcome After Rehabilitation for Rotator Cuff Repair), which is not on this map. Cited by 68 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Psychosocial Factors, Lifestyle and Central Pain Processing as Potential Predictors of Outcome After Rehabilitation for Rotator Cuff Repair: A Study Design for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
Who cites it
68 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Examining the Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on Pain Severity and Quality of Life in People Living With Fibromyalgia.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of theories, models and frameworks used for youth engagement in health research.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- Multidisciplinary Outpatient Cancer Rehabilitation Can Improve Cancer Patients' Physical and Psychosocial Status-a Systematic Review.Current oncology reports · 2020Pooled it
- Comparing physical activity prescription with verbal advice for general practice patients with cardiovascular risk factors: results from the PEPPER randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Biopsychosocial barriers and facilitators in the everyday lives of patients with restless legs syndrome: a qualitative study.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Reframing clinical research frameworks: Case for a shift from a biomedical to a biopsychosocial one.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Article
- A bio-psycho-socio-planetary model of health and Iris Marion Young's concept of responsibility as foundation for a medical ethos during environmental crises.GMS journal for medical education · 2026Article
- Strategies for addressing social drivers of health at US trauma centers.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the biopsychosocial model of health among emerging adults.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Adaptation and Validation of a Treatment Expectations Scale for Hospitalized Patients-Spanish Patient Version.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Enhancing Competencies and Professional Upskilling of Mobile Healthcare Unit Personnel at the Hellenic National Public Health Organization.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- A consultation model integrating psychoanalysis and psychophysiology in oncology.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Association between chronic diseases and depressive inclinations among rural middle-aged and older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association of single and multiple cardiometabolic diseases with atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study.Open heart · 2025Article
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- The Lived Experience of Pain Services: A Comparison of Service Users' and Service Providers' Experience of Irish Health Services.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- The biopsychosocial perspective on designing mobile health apps for self-management of chronic headaches.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2025Article
- Redefine oral health: a call for inclusivity in the concept of oral health.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Biopsychosocial model is a useful worldview for primary care or family doctors. However, it is often considered as impractical or too complicated. The objective of this study is to review the implementation of the biopsychosocial model in clinical practice, and its contributions to clinical outcomes. Hermeneutic circle literature review was conducted to provide experiential learning in an attempt to understand biopscyhosocial model, first developed by George Engel. Literature search started with review articles in Medline and Scopus as search engines. Citations from previous articles, editorials, and research articles were identified and interpreted in the context of the knowledge derived from all identified relevant articles. The progress of biopsychosocial model has been slow, and primary care doctors do not implement biopsychosocial medicine in their practice, while biomedical thinking and approach are still the dominant model. Biopsychosocial research addressed chronic illnesses and functional disorders as conditions in need for biopsychosocial model implementation. As payment scheme, clinical guidelines and clinical performance indicators are biomedically oriented, there is no incentive for primary care doctors to adopt biopsychosocial model in their practice. Workload and lack of competence in primary care may hinder the implementation of biopsychosocial model. Biopsychosocial model helps primary care doctors to understand interactions among biological and psychosocial components of illnesses to improve the dyadic relationship between clinicians and their patients and multidisciplinary approaches in patient care. Biopsychosocial model potentially improves clinical outcomes for chronic diseases and functional illnesses seen in primary care.
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