Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency :Findings from the CUPID Study
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-01T06:24:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-01T06:24:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Somatisingtendency,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.identifier.citation | Vargas-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.0153748 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk/handle/70130/5634 | |
| dc.subject | Descriptive epidemiology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Somatising | en_US |
| dc.title | Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency :Findings from the CUPID Study | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |