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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Somatization is conceptualized as a bodily or somatic expression of psychic distress. Unexplained somatic symptomatology was assessed by use of the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule among community respondents in the Piedmont of North Carolina participating in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area program. Previous literature suggests that somatization is associated with rural residence, less education, lower socioeconomic class, and particular ethnicities. Through use of a multiple regression analysis, lifetime unexplained somatic-symptom counts were regressed on urban residence and other sociodemographic variables. Rural residence was not associated with somatization; rather, somatization was more common among urban residents. The urban/rural differences were greatest among women and high school graduates. Somatization was also associated with being aged 45 to 64, and being separated, widowed, or divorced; it was not associated with race. Overall, somatization was also associated with less education.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-3182
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Somatization symptoms in the community: a rural/urban comparison.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article