Psychological and anamnestic data from 308 patients were collected to investigate whether patients with abdominal complaints from organic causes could be distinguished psychologically or by their case histories from patients with functional abdominal complaints. Two years later the same patients took part in a follow up study. Only 9% of the patients with functional abdominal complaints became ...

Five hundred forty-one patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) of the upper extremity were prospectively studied. One hundred fifteen patients complained of pain and/or limited range of motion in the shoulder. Shoulder complaints more often occurred in women (p = .01); age and etiology were not different from patients with RSD without shoulder complaints. Physical examination showed a ...

conclusions headache, seizure, and trauma are the main reasons for ct scan requests. about 12% of the brain ct scans were abnormal. being knowledgeable about the indications of imaging, unnecessary imaging can be prevented, and consequently, its risks can be minimized. patients and methods in the present case series, demographic information and ct scan reports of 167 patients referred to taba r...

Aim To explore patient-reported complaints regarding communication and healthcare encounters and how these were responded to by healthcare professionals. Design A retrospective and descriptive design was used in a County Council in northern part of Sweden. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Methods The content of 587 patient-reported complaints was included in the study. D...

OBJECTIVES It is assumed that classifying and aggregated reporting of patients' complaints by regulators helps to identify problem areas, to respond better to patients and increase public accountability. This pilot study addresses what a classification of complaints in a regulatory setting contributes to the various goals. METHODS A taxonomy with a clinical, management, and relationship domai...

The aim of this study was to document the clinical picture of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and of other sleep disturbances, and to study the relationship of daytime sleepiness to anthropometric data, muscular impairment, and CTG trinucleotide repeat expansion in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). A total of 157 DM1 patients were surveyed using a modified version of the Sleep Questionnaire a...

BACKGROUND Back pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint seen in older people. It is important to get an insight in the course of back complaints and to identify factors associated with a chronic course. AIM To describe the course of acute and subacute back complaints in older people (≥ 45 years) and to identify prognostic factors for developing chronic back complaints. DESIGN Systematic ...