Aspects of somatisation among primary care patients

This is a descriptive study designed to examine aspects of somatisation in a sample of Primary Care patients. The study subjects included 200 patients attending Primary Care clinics. The General Health Questionnaire [GHQ] and Bradford Somatic Inventory [BSI] were used as psychiatric tools. Psychiatric morbidity was found to be 21% in P.C.patients. Somatisation was found to be more frequent in housewives of 20-30 years of age and those with lower education