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Temporarily dependent patient in general practice.

K B Thomas

    British Medical Journal
    |March 30, 1974
    PubMed
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    Many patients experience symptom resolution without a specific medical diagnosis or treatment. These "successfully untreated" individuals often improve simply through doctor consultation, highlighting the impact of primary care interactions.

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    Area of Science:

    • General Practice
    • Psychological Medicine

    Background:

    • A significant proportion of general practice consultations result in no definitive diagnosis.
    • Patients without a diagnosis often receive no treatment beyond physician contact.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the outcomes of patients who received no diagnosis or specific treatment in general practice.
    • To characterize the "successfully untreated" patient group and compare them to diagnosed patients.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of 3,848 patient consultations across 330 general practices over one year.
    • Follow-up inquiry with patients who did not return after initial consultation without a diagnosis.

    Main Results:

    • In 1,656 consultations, no diagnosis was made.

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  • Of those without a diagnosis, 82% reported improvement, and 11% reported no improvement but sought no further treatment.
  • The "successfully untreated" group did not significantly differ from diagnosed patients on various demographic and psychological measures.

    • Conclusions:

    • A substantial number of patients improve without a specific diagnosis or treatment, suggesting the therapeutic value of the doctor-patient relationship.
    • The concept of "temporarily dependent" patients is introduced, indicating a group that may not require active medical intervention for symptom resolution.