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Investigation of Mental Health in Patients with Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms
Frough Riahi1, Maryam Izadi-Mazidi2, Niloufar Khajeddin1
1 Department of Psychiatry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Objective:
Medically unexplained symptoms are physical symptoms, which cannot be explained by organic causes. This study aimed to investigate mental health in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms.
Method:
One hundred outpatients who were admitted to the Electro Diagnosis Clinic of Imam Khomeini hospital, Ahvaz/Iran, participated in this study. Data were collected using physical examination, paraclinical examinations, and SCL-90-R, and analyzed through multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test.
Results:
The findings revealed significant differences between clients with medically explained and unexplained symptoms in obsessive compulsive and somatization (p<0.05). Differences in depression, anxiety, phobia, psychosis, aggression and paranoia were not significant (p>0.05).
Conclusion:
The present study suggested an association between some psychological problems and somatic symptoms. Therefore, screening for psychological impairments can improve clinical outcomes..
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