Waddell G, Bircher M, Finlayson D, Main C J
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1984 Sep 22;289(6447):739-41. doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6447.739.
The amount of treatment received by 380 patients with backache was found to have been influenced more by their distress and illness behaviour than by the actual physical disease. Patients showing a large amount of inappropriate illness behaviour had received significantly more treatment (p less than 0.001). The symptoms and signs of illness behaviour need to be clearly distinguished from those of physical disease, and better assessment of illness behaviour is essential if everyday clinical practice is to fulfil the ideal of treating patients as well as diseases.
研究发现,380名背痛患者接受治疗的量更多地受到其痛苦和疾病行为的影响,而非实际身体疾病的影响。表现出大量不适当疾病行为的患者接受的治疗显著更多(p小于0.001)。疾病行为的症状和体征需要与身体疾病的症状和体征明确区分,并且如果日常临床实践要实现既治疗患者又治疗疾病的理想,对疾病行为进行更好的评估至关重要。