Citation

Riahi F, Izadi-Mazidi M, Khajeddin N, Nasirzadeh S, Shafieian F, Helalinasab A, Deilamani M. Iran. J. Psychiatry 2016; 11(1): 24-29.

Affiliation

School of Medicine, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran‎

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Tehran University of Medical Sciences)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

27252765

Abstract

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.‎.

Language: en