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ArticleAmerican journal of lifestyle medicine

Managing Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Primary Care: A Narrative Review and Treatment Recommendations.

Sam Hubley, Lisa Uebelacker, Charles Eaton

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Article in American journal of lifestyle medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sam HubleyAlpert Medical School of Brown University, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Brown University, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Lisa UebelackerAlpert Medical School of Brown University, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Brown University, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Charles EatonAlpert Medical School of Brown University, Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island and Brown University, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Funding

Integrated Primary Care for Medically Unexplained SymptomsF32HS022401 · AHRQ · MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND · PI HUBLEY, SAMUEL HENRY · 2013 to 2013
$52k
AHRQ HHS F32 HS022401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are persistent physical symptoms in the absence of identifiable disease. MUS present a major challenge for primary care providers (PCPs) because complex symptom presentations, strained patient-physician relationships, and treatment-resistant symptoms can challenge a PCP's sense of competency. This review is intended to help PCPs understand the burden and theoretical context of MUS and to provide concise recommendations for managing MUS within primary care settings. Based on a narrative review of the literature, these recommendations emphasize in particular the importance of co-creating plausible explanations for MUS, understanding the pitfalls of consultations involving MUS, and developing multimodal treatment plans.

Indexed as

behavioral healthmedically unexplained symptomsprimary care

Identifiers

PMID30202265
PMCPMC6125096

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