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dc.date.accessioned2021-08-01T06:24:56Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-01T06:24:56Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationVargas-Prada S, Coggon D, Ntani G, Walker-Bone K, Palmer KT, Felli VE, et al. (2016) Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0153748. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153748en_US
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dc.description.abstractSomatisingtendency,definedasapredispositiontoworry aboutcommonsomaticsymptoms,isimportantly associatedwithvariousaspectsofhealthandhealth-relatedbehaviour, includingmusculoskeletalpainandassociateddisability.Toexploreitsepidemiological characteristics,andhowitcanbespecifiedmostefficiently,weanalyseddatafromaninternationallongitudinalstudy.Abaselinequestionnaire,whichincludedquestionsfrom the BriefSymptomInventoryaboutsevencommonsymptoms,wascompletedby12,072participantsaged20–59from 46occupationalgroupsin18countries(responserate70%).The sevensymptomswereallmutually associated(oddsratiosforpairwiseassociations3.4to 9.3),andeachcontributedtoameasureofsomatisingtendencythatexhibitedanexposureresponserelationshipbothwithmulti-sitepain(prevalencerateratiosuptosix),andalso withsicknessabsencefornon-musculoskeletalreasons.Inmostparticipants,thelevelof somatisingtendencywaslittlechangedwhenreassessedafter ameanintervalof14 months(75%havingachangeof0or1intheirsymptomcount),althoughthespecificsymptomsreportedatfollow-upoftendifferedfromthoseatbaseline.Somatisingtendencywas morecommoninwomenthanmen,especiallyatolderages,andvariedmarkedlyacross the46occupationalgroupsstudied,withhigherratesinSouthandCentralAmerica.Itwas weaklyassociatedwithsmoking,butnotwithlevelofeducation.Ourstudysupportstheuse ofquestionsfromtheBriefSymptomInventoryasamethodformeasuringsomatisingtendency,andsuggeststhatinadultsofworkingage,itisafairly stabletrait.en_US
dc.subjectDescriptive epidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectSomatisingen_US
dc.titleDescriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency :Findings from the CUPID Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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