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Table 1 Causal attributions of somatic symptoms in the general population of Santiago, Chile.

From: Common somatic symptoms, causal attributions of somatic symptoms and psychiatric morbidity in a cross-sectional community study in Santiago, Chile

Causal attributions of somatic symptoms

In subjects with somatic symptoms only (n = 13701)

In subjects with somatic symptoms who were also cases of psychiatric morbidity (n = 497)

Physical

58.2%2 (54.3 - 62.0)

43.3% (37.2 - 49.6)

Psychological

10.8% (9.0 - 13.0)

16.6% (12.5 - 21.9)

Physical and Psychological

18.4% (15.6 - 21.6)

30.7% (24.8 - 37.5)

Other

12.6% (10.1 - 15.5)

9.3% (5.7 - 14.7)

  1. 1. From the total sample of 3870 participants, 1370 reported at least one somatic symptom (weighted prevalence 37%) and 2500 did not report any somatic symptom. Please see text (results section) for details.
  2. 2. Actual number of subjects. Percentages are weighted to reflect the stratified sampling procedure and non-response.