The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2004
Voiced but unheard agendas: qualitative analysis of the psychosocial cues that patients with unexplained symptoms present to general practitioners.
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Salmon Peter, Dowrick Christopher F, Ring Adele, Humphris Gerry M
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BACKGROUND: Symptomatic investigation and treatment of unexplained physical symptoms is often attributed to patients' beliefs and demands for physical treatments.
AIM: To test the influential assumption that patients who present symptoms that the general practitioner (GP) considers to be medically unexplained do not generally provide the opportunity for discussion of psychological issues.
DESIGN OF STUDY: Qualitative analysis of audiotaped consultations between patients and GPs.
SETTING: Seven general practices in Merseyside, United Kingdom.
METHODS: Transcripts of audiotaped consultations between 21 GPs and 36 patients with medically unexplained symptoms were analysed inductively to identify opportunities that patients presented for their doctors to address emotional problems or their need for explanation.
RESULTS: All but two patients provided psychological opportunities. They described social or emotional difficulties as problems of stress or mood. They presented their need for explanation by: explicit questions; statements of concern about symptoms; suggestions that disease might be absent; or tentative references to serious disease. In general, GPs did not engage with these cues.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with unexplained symptoms present opportunities for GPs to address psychological needs. By taking these opportunities, GPs might be able to avoid unnecessary symptomatic intervention.
AIM: To test the influential assumption that patients who present symptoms that the general practitioner (GP) considers to be medically unexplained do not generally provide the opportunity for discussion of psychological issues.
DESIGN OF STUDY: Qualitative analysis of audiotaped consultations between patients and GPs.
SETTING: Seven general practices in Merseyside, United Kingdom.
METHODS: Transcripts of audiotaped consultations between 21 GPs and 36 patients with medically unexplained symptoms were analysed inductively to identify opportunities that patients presented for their doctors to address emotional problems or their need for explanation.
RESULTS: All but two patients provided psychological opportunities. They described social or emotional difficulties as problems of stress or mood. They presented their need for explanation by: explicit questions; statements of concern about symptoms; suggestions that disease might be absent; or tentative references to serious disease. In general, GPs did not engage with these cues.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with unexplained symptoms present opportunities for GPs to address psychological needs. By taking these opportunities, GPs might be able to avoid unnecessary symptomatic intervention.