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QD321
Preferred Label
medically unexplained symptom
symptôme médicalement inexpliquéCategory label
Medically unexplained symptomSymptôme médicalement inexpliquéQ-Code supplementary keywords
abnormal illness behaviour non disease diseasesomatic fixationworried wellQ-Code acronym
MUPSMUSSMICISMeF acronym
MUSSIMQ-Code scope note
symptoms that may, or may not, be due to physical disease, which captures conditions without corresponding objective findings, often associated with high costs, both direct (health care use) and indirect costs (productivity loss due to sickness absence) that are more severe, more persistent, or limit functioning to a greater extent than expected, based on (objective) disease parameters.(adapted from Olde Hartman, Aamland & Rsak 2014)symptômes qui peuvent, ou non, être dus à une maladie physique, qui captent des états sans constatations objectives correspondantes, souvent associée à des coûts élevés, à la fois direct (utilisation des soins de santé) et indirects (perte de productivité due à l'absentéisme pour maladie), qui sont plus sévères, plus persistants, ou limitent le fonctionnement d'une façon plus large que prévu sur base de paramètres (objectifs) de maladie.(adapté de Olde Hartman, Aamland & Rsak 2014)Q-Code conceptual content
Medically unexplained physical symptoms or medically unexplained symptoms are patient symptoms for which the treating physician, other healthcare providers, and research scientists have found no medical cause.(Babelnet)Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) that may, or may not, be due to physical disease,captures conditions characterized by symptoms without corresponding objective findings, often associated with high costs, both direct (health care use) and indirect costs (productivity loss due to sickness absence) such as asthenia, low back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, or chronic fatigue syndrome as well as symptoms stemming from a specific somatic disease that are more severe, more persistent, or limit functioning to a greater extent than expected, based on (objective) disease parameters.The patient with MUS often experience significant disability and have difficulty accessing appropriate care.(adapted from Olde Hartman, Aamland & Rsak 2014)
Medically unexplained symptoms ; Persistent health symptoms which remain unexplained after a complete medical evaluation. A cluster of symptoms that consistently appear together but without a known cause are referred to as a MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYNDROME (MUS) (MeSH 2017)UNDIFFERENTIATED ILLNESS relates to symptoms, which the physician may be unable to ascribe to a specific diagnosis. This may be because of objective difficulties, particularly in the early phase of the illness, to match the incomplete clinical picture with a definite diagnosis, or as often in the case of vague and generalized symptoms, it may be due to the inability of the patient to function or cope in a stressful situation, and his need to adopt sick-role behaviour. This is one of the unique characteristics of morbidity as encountered by the GP/FP in contrast to that encountered by hospital physicians. The picture usually becomes clearer with the passage of time, emphasizing the importance of continuity in general/family practice.(Woncadic)UMLS CUI
C3839861
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