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The association of psychological factors and healthcare use with the discrepancy between subjective and objective respiratory-health complaints in the general population.

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BACKGROUND:We examined the prevalence of self-perceived respiratory symptoms (SRS) in the absence of any objective findings of respiratory pathology, and the association of such prevalence with psychological factors and healthcare use in the general population. METHODS:The study was conducted among a nationally representative sample of Finnish adults (BRIF8901). Respiratory functioning was measured by a spirometry test. Structured questionnaires were used to measure SRS, physician visits and psychological factors of alexithymia, sense of coherence, illness worry and common mental disorders. Individuals with a diagnosed respiratory disease or a severe psychiatric disorder, determined in a diagnostic interview, were excluded, giving a sample comprising 4544 participants. RESULTS:Twenty-six per cent of the general population and 36% of those with no diagnosed severe psychiatric disorder or respiratory disease experienced SRS despite a normal spirometry result. Psychological factors were associated with SRS (0.0001 < p < 0.032), and on the number of physician visit explaining 42.7% of the difference in visits between individuals with and without SRS, respectively. Illness worry was associated most strongly with SRS [odds ratio (OR) 1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19-1.41, p < 0.0001] and higher numbers of physician visits (OR 1.35, CI 1.32-1.38, p < 0.00001), even after several adjustments. CONCLUSIONS:Respiratory symptoms without objective findings are common in the general population. The study results underline the role of psychological factors in the reporting of respiratory symptoms and the associated medical burden, thereby indicating the functional nature of the symptomatology.

journal_name

Psychol Med

journal_title

Psychological medicine

authors

Selinheimo S,Vasankari T,Jokela M,Kanervisto M,Pirkola S,Suvisaari J,Paunio T

doi

10.1017/S0033291718000582

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-01-01 00:00:00

pages

121-131

issue

eissn

0033-2917

issn

1469-8978

pii

S0033291718000582

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The association of psychological factors and healthcare use with the discrepancy between subjective and objective respiratory-health complaints in the general population.