Diagnoses of Patients with Severe Subjective Health Complaints in Scandinavia: A Cross Sectional Study
Table 4
Primary, secondary, tertiary diagnoses and suggested treatments for nine patient with severe SHC.
Variable (SD)a
Patient
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Number of different diagnoses, mean (SD)
Primary diagnoses
21
29
24
25
19
31
13
20
13
Symptom diagnoses (%)
61
53
61
63
89
68
47
49
88
Secondary diagnoses
33
36
25
19
21
25
11
26
17
Symptom diagnoses (%)
55
74
64
64
90
81
69
75
86
Tertiary diagnoses
29
22
21
11
15
7
6
16
9
Symptom diagnoses (%)
59
72
62
86
75
60
90
89
100
ICPC-2 chapters % (primary diagnoses)
General and unspecified (A)
19
5
24
45
16
12
12
26
17
Musculoskeletal (L)
35
60
9
5
2
8
0
2
—
Neurological (N)
—
—
—
4
—
49
0
—
—
Psychological (P)
40
18
58
31
64
23
84
68
63
Respiratory (R)
—
6
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
Endocrine/metabolic and nutritional (T)
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
Social (Z)
1
2
5
2
14
2
1
2
17
No diagnoses
6
8
4
3
5
6
3
2
4
ICPC-2 chapters % (secondary diagnoses)
General and unspecified (A)
10
5
10
13
5
13
7
13
2
Ear (H)
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
Digestive (D)
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
Musculoskeletal (L)
14
41
19
4
12
1
—
11
1
Neurological (N)
3
—
1
—
—
21
—
2
—
Psychological (P)
41
14
39
21
22
10
30
29
21
Respiratory (R)
10
6
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Skin (S)
—
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Endocrine/metabolic and nutritional (T)
—
—
4
—
—
—
—
—
—
Social (Z)
1
3
5
2
16
1
3
5
11
No diagnoses
21
26
23
60
45
53
60
40
65
ICPC-2 chapters % (tertiary diagnoses)
General and unspecified (A)
6
2
3
2
2
2
1
7
—
Digestive (D)
1
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Eye (F)
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Musculoskeletal (L)
5
6
7
4
9
—
—
9
—
Neurological (N)
2
—
—
—
—
4
—
—
—
Psychological (P)
20
10
14
4
4
2
4
9
6
Respiratory (R)
10
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Skin (S)
—
7
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Endocrine/metabolic and nutritional (T)
—
—
6
1
—
—
—
—
—
Female genital (X)
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
Social (Z)
1
1
5
1
1
1
3
3
4
No diagnoses
57
64
64
89
84
92
92
72
90
Multimorbidity %
Yes
58
46
52
21
43
32
18
39
20
Treatments %
Physiotherapist
6
12
1
2
1
7
25
14
—
Psychologist
24
11
27
22
12
11
34
48
14
GP
6
10
5
9
15
6
—
—
25
Mixed
27
18
26
23
7
19
11
14
4
Other
12
19
14
18
20
25
3
6
18
No treatment suggested
25
31
27
27
45
32
26
19
38
aData are numbers (), mean (SD), and % of primary, secondary, and tertiary diagnoses for patient 1–9. The multimorbidity variable is calculated based on the number of GPs who gave different ICPC-2 chapter for primary and secondary diagnoses. Treatments are based on the number of GPs () suggesting the different categories for each patient.
