Medically unexplained symptoms: the person, the symptoms and the dialogue

J Houwen, PLBJ Lucassen, HW Stappers… - Family …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Many general practitioners (GPs) find the care for patients with medically
unexplained symptoms (MUS) challenging. The patients themselves are often not satisfied with …

Improving GP communication in consultations on medically unexplained symptoms: a qualitative interview study with patients in primary care

J Houwen, PLBJ Lucassen, HW Stappers… - British Journal of …, 2017 - bjgp.org
Background Many GPs find the care of patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
challenging. Patients themselves are often not satisfied with the care they receive. Aim To …

How to learn skilled communication in primary care MUS consultations: a focus group study

J Houwen, PLBJ Lucassen, HW Stappers… - … Journal of Primary …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Many general practitioners (GPs) experience communication problems in
medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) consultations as they are insufficiently equipped with …

Quantifying positive communication: Doctor's language and patient anxiety in primary care consultations

IA Stortenbeker, J Houwen, PLBJ Lucassen… - Patient education and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Positive communication is advocated for physicians during consultations with patients
presenting medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), but studies generally focus on what …

[HTML][HTML] Which difficulties do GPs experience in consultations with patients with unexplained symptoms: a qualitative study

J Houwen, PLBJ Lucassen, A Verwiel, HW Stappers… - BMC Family …, 2019 - Springer
Background Many general practitioners (GPs) struggle with the communication with patients
with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). This study aims to identify GPs’ difficulties in …

Medically unexplained symptoms: time to and triggers for diagnosis in primary care consultations

J Houwen, PLBJ Lucassen, S Dongelmans… - British Journal of …, 2020 - bjgp.org
Background It is currently not known when in the consultation GPs label symptoms as
medically unexplained and what triggers this. Aim To establish the moment in primary care …

Patients' characteristics and general practitioners' management of patients with symptom diagnoses

A Chaabouni, J Houwen, I Walraven… - The Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Board Family Med
Introduction: Symptom diagnoses are diagnoses used in primary care when the relevant
diagnostic criteria of a disease are not fulfilled. Although symptom diagnoses often get resolved …

Symptom management for medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: a qualitative study

J Gol, T Terpstra, P Lucassen, J Houwen… - British journal of general …, 2019 - bjgp.org
Background GPs have a central position in the care of patients with medically unexplained
symptoms (MUS), but GPs find their care challenging. Currently, little is known about …

Efficacy of percutaneous needle aspiration and open biopsy for sperm retrieval in men with non-obstructive azoospermia

J Houwen, K Lundin, B Söderlund… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. To assess the efficacy of the two most common sperm retrieval procedures, testicular
sperm aspiration (TESA) and testicular sperm extraction (TESE) as part of the diagnostic …

Explanations for medically unexplained symptoms: a qualitative study on GPs in daily practice consultations

T Terpstra, JM Gol, PLBJ Lucassen, J Houwen… - Family …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background General practice is the centre of care for patients with medically unexplained
symptoms (MUS). Providing explanations for MUS, ie making sense of symptoms, is …