ArticleInternational journal of behavioral medicine2019
Coping with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms: the Role of Illness Beliefs and Behaviors.
Article in International journal of behavioral medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02161133 (Cognitive Rehabilitation for Gulf War Illness), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Cognitive Rehabilitation for Gulf War Illness
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Conceptualizing the Core Components of Exposure-Informed Care: A Delphi Quality Improvement Study.Medical care · 2026Article
- Veteran Beliefs About the Causes of Gulf War Illness and Expectations for Improvement.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Coping with fibromyalgia - a focus group study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- Symptom attribution and stress level in patients with medically unexplained symptoms in a Mexican emergency department.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Recent developments on psychological factors in medically unexplained symptoms and somatoform disorders.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Group-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (AHEAD) for adolescents with multiple functional somatic syndromes: A randomised trial.JCPP advances · 2021Article
- Understanding Veterans' Causal Attributions of Physical Symptoms.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Gulf War Illness: Mechanisms Underlying Brain Dysfunction and Promising Therapeutic Strategies.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2021Review
- Under-recognition of medically unexplained symptom conditions among US Veterans with Gulf War Illness.PloS one · 2021Article
- Poor Sleep Quality Experience and Self-Management Strategies in Fibromyalgia: A Qualitative Metasynthesis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Feasibility of group-based acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents (AHEAD) with multiple functional somatic syndromes: a pilot study.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedically unexplained syndromes (MUS) are both prevalent and disabling. While illness beliefs and behaviors are thought to maintain MUS-related disability, little is known about which specific behavioral responses to MUS are related to disability or the way in which beliefs and behaviors interact to impact functioning. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between illness beliefs and disability among patients with MUS, and assess the extent to which behaviors mediate this relationship.
methodsThe study examined data from the baseline assessment of a multi-site randomized controlled trial (RCT). Participants were 248 veterans with MUS. Illness beliefs, behavioral responses to illness, and disability were assessed through self-report questionnaire. Data were analyzed using mediation analysis.
resultsThreat-related beliefs predicted greater disability through decreased activity and increased practical support seeking. Protective beliefs predicted less disability through reductions in all-or-nothing behavior and limiting behavior.
conclusionsThese outcomes suggest that all-or-nothing behavior, limiting behavior, and practical support seeking are important in the perpetuation of disability among those with MUS. This has implications for improving MUS treatment by highlighting potential treatment targets.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02161133.
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