These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Somatization in patients newly admitted to a neurological department.
    Author: Ewald H, Rogne T, Ewald K, Fink P.
    Journal: Acta Psychiatr Scand; 1994 Mar; 89(3):174-9. PubMed ID: 8178675.
    Abstract:
    The incidence of somatization and sociodemographic, clinical and mental factors in 100 consecutive patients newly admitted to a neurological department was investigated. Forty percent of the neurological inpatients were somatizers; they reported higher levels of distress and hypochondriacal concerns and were more often considered as having significant mental disorders by the neurologists. The somatizers were similar to patients with organic symptoms with respect to sociodemographic factors, duration of and number of symptoms, mode of admission and earlier consultations of and number of symptoms, mode of admission and earlier consultations of psychiatric or other specialists. Most of the patients with somatization only believed that psychological factors influenced their somatic symptoms. No sex differences were found except that female somatizers had shorter duration of admission.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]