Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study.
Somatising tendency, defined as a predisposition to worry about common somatic symptoms, is importantly associated with various aspects of health and health-related behaviour, including musculoskeletal pain and associated disability. To explore its epidemiological characteristics, and how it can be...
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| author | Sergio Vargas-Prada David Coggon Georgia Ntani Karen Walker-Bone Keith T Palmer Vanda E Felli Raul Harari Lope H Barrero Sarah A Felknor David Gimeno Anna Cattrell Matteo Bonzini Eleni Solidaki Eda Merisalu Rima R Habib Farideh Sadeghian M Masood Kadir Sudath S P Warnakulasuriya Ko Matsudaira Busisiwe Nyantumbu Malcolm R Sim Helen Harcombe Ken Cox Leila M M Sarquis Maria H Marziale Florencia Harari Rocio Freire Natalia Harari Magda V Monroy Leonardo A Quintana Marianela Rojas E Clare Harris Consol Serra J Miguel Martinez George Delclos Fernando G Benavides Michele Carugno Marco M Ferrario Angela C Pesatori Leda Chatzi Panos Bitsios Manolis Kogevinas Kristel Oha Tiina Freimann Ali Sadeghian Roshini J Peiris-John Nalini Sathiakumar A Rajitha Wickremasinghe Noriko Yoshimura Helen L Kelsall Victor C W Hoe Donna M Urquhart Sarah Derrett David McBride Peter Herbison Andrew Gray Eduardo J Salazar Vega |
| author_facet | Sergio Vargas-Prada David Coggon Georgia Ntani Karen Walker-Bone Keith T Palmer Vanda E Felli Raul Harari Lope H Barrero Sarah A Felknor David Gimeno Anna Cattrell Matteo Bonzini Eleni Solidaki Eda Merisalu Rima R Habib Farideh Sadeghian M Masood Kadir Sudath S P Warnakulasuriya Ko Matsudaira Busisiwe Nyantumbu Malcolm R Sim Helen Harcombe Ken Cox Leila M M Sarquis Maria H Marziale Florencia Harari Rocio Freire Natalia Harari Magda V Monroy Leonardo A Quintana Marianela Rojas E Clare Harris Consol Serra J Miguel Martinez George Delclos Fernando G Benavides Michele Carugno Marco M Ferrario Angela C Pesatori Leda Chatzi Panos Bitsios Manolis Kogevinas Kristel Oha Tiina Freimann Ali Sadeghian Roshini J Peiris-John Nalini Sathiakumar A Rajitha Wickremasinghe Noriko Yoshimura Helen L Kelsall Victor C W Hoe Donna M Urquhart Sarah Derrett David McBride Peter Herbison Andrew Gray Eduardo J Salazar Vega |
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| description | Somatising tendency, defined as a predisposition to worry about common somatic symptoms, is importantly associated with various aspects of health and health-related behaviour, including musculoskeletal pain and associated disability. To explore its epidemiological characteristics, and how it can be specified most efficiently, we analysed data from an international longitudinal study. A baseline questionnaire, which included questions from the Brief Symptom Inventory about seven common symptoms, was completed by 12,072 participants aged 20-59 from 46 occupational groups in 18 countries (response rate 70%). The seven symptoms were all mutually associated (odds ratios for pairwise associations 3.4 to 9.3), and each contributed to a measure of somatising tendency that exhibited an exposure-response relationship both with multi-site pain (prevalence rate ratios up to six), and also with sickness absence for non-musculoskeletal reasons. In most participants, the level of somatising tendency was little changed when reassessed after a mean interval of 14 months (75% having a change of 0 or 1 in their symptom count), although the specific symptoms reported at follow-up often differed from those at baseline. Somatising tendency was more common in women than men, especially at older ages, and varied markedly across the 46 occupational groups studied, with higher rates in South and Central America. It was weakly associated with smoking, but not with level of education. Our study supports the use of questions from the Brief Symptom Inventory as a method for measuring somatising tendency, and suggests that in adults of working age, it is a fairly stable trait. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b2272052dc704085aaf20cfecb66c32d2025-08-20T03:24:29ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01114e015374810.1371/journal.pone.0153748Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study.Sergio Vargas-PradaDavid CoggonGeorgia NtaniKaren Walker-BoneKeith T PalmerVanda E FelliRaul HarariLope H BarreroSarah A FelknorDavid GimenoAnna CattrellMatteo BonziniEleni SolidakiEda MerisaluRima R HabibFarideh SadeghianM Masood KadirSudath S P WarnakulasuriyaKo MatsudairaBusisiwe NyantumbuMalcolm R SimHelen HarcombeKen CoxLeila M M SarquisMaria H MarzialeFlorencia HarariRocio FreireNatalia HarariMagda V MonroyLeonardo A QuintanaMarianela RojasE Clare HarrisConsol SerraJ Miguel MartinezGeorge DelclosFernando G BenavidesMichele CarugnoMarco M FerrarioAngela C PesatoriLeda ChatziPanos BitsiosManolis KogevinasKristel OhaTiina FreimannAli SadeghianRoshini J Peiris-JohnNalini SathiakumarA Rajitha WickremasingheNoriko YoshimuraHelen L KelsallVictor C W HoeDonna M UrquhartSarah DerrettDavid McBridePeter HerbisonAndrew GrayEduardo J Salazar VegaSomatising tendency, defined as a predisposition to worry about common somatic symptoms, is importantly associated with various aspects of health and health-related behaviour, including musculoskeletal pain and associated disability. To explore its epidemiological characteristics, and how it can be specified most efficiently, we analysed data from an international longitudinal study. A baseline questionnaire, which included questions from the Brief Symptom Inventory about seven common symptoms, was completed by 12,072 participants aged 20-59 from 46 occupational groups in 18 countries (response rate 70%). The seven symptoms were all mutually associated (odds ratios for pairwise associations 3.4 to 9.3), and each contributed to a measure of somatising tendency that exhibited an exposure-response relationship both with multi-site pain (prevalence rate ratios up to six), and also with sickness absence for non-musculoskeletal reasons. In most participants, the level of somatising tendency was little changed when reassessed after a mean interval of 14 months (75% having a change of 0 or 1 in their symptom count), although the specific symptoms reported at follow-up often differed from those at baseline. Somatising tendency was more common in women than men, especially at older ages, and varied markedly across the 46 occupational groups studied, with higher rates in South and Central America. It was weakly associated with smoking, but not with level of education. Our study supports the use of questions from the Brief Symptom Inventory as a method for measuring somatising tendency, and suggests that in adults of working age, it is a fairly stable trait.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153748&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Sergio Vargas-Prada David Coggon Georgia Ntani Karen Walker-Bone Keith T Palmer Vanda E Felli Raul Harari Lope H Barrero Sarah A Felknor David Gimeno Anna Cattrell Matteo Bonzini Eleni Solidaki Eda Merisalu Rima R Habib Farideh Sadeghian M Masood Kadir Sudath S P Warnakulasuriya Ko Matsudaira Busisiwe Nyantumbu Malcolm R Sim Helen Harcombe Ken Cox Leila M M Sarquis Maria H Marziale Florencia Harari Rocio Freire Natalia Harari Magda V Monroy Leonardo A Quintana Marianela Rojas E Clare Harris Consol Serra J Miguel Martinez George Delclos Fernando G Benavides Michele Carugno Marco M Ferrario Angela C Pesatori Leda Chatzi Panos Bitsios Manolis Kogevinas Kristel Oha Tiina Freimann Ali Sadeghian Roshini J Peiris-John Nalini Sathiakumar A Rajitha Wickremasinghe Noriko Yoshimura Helen L Kelsall Victor C W Hoe Donna M Urquhart Sarah Derrett David McBride Peter Herbison Andrew Gray Eduardo J Salazar Vega Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. |
| title_full | Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. |
| title_fullStr | Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. |
| title_short | Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. |
| title_sort | descriptive epidemiology of somatising tendency findings from the cupid study |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153748&type=printable |
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