Identifying patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms in electronic medical records in primary care: a validation study

Conclusions:
The EMR screening method to identify patients with MUPS has a high specificity. However, many potential MUPS patients will be missed. Before using this method as a screening instrument for selecting patients who might benefit from structured care, its sensitivity needs to be improved while maintaining its specificity.

Source: BMC Family Practice - June 5, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Madelon den BoeftJohannes van der WoudenTrudie Rydell-LexmondNiek de WitHenriëtte van der HorstMattijs Numans Source Type: research