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Are subjective health complaints a result of modern civilization?

Eriksen, Hege Randi; Hellesnes, Brit; Staff, Peer; Ursin, Holger
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https://hdl.handle.net/1956/1876
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2004
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https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm1102_9
Abstract
Subjective health complaints without or with minimal somatic findings (pain, fatigue) are common and frequent reasons for encounter with the general practitioner and for long-term sickness leave and disability. The complaints are often attributed to the stressors of modern life. Is this true? We interviewed 120 Aborigine Mangyans (native population, M age = 33.5 years, 72.5% women) living under primitive conditions in the jungle of Mindoro, an island in the Philippines, and 101 persons living in a small coastal town on the same island (coastal population, M age = 33.8 years, 60.4% women). Both groups had more musculoskeletal complaints, fatigue, mood changes, and gastrointestinal complaints than a representative sample from the Norwegian population (N = 1,243). Our common subjective health complaints, therefore, are not specific for industrialized societies.
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Reproduced with the permission of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. For inquiries about further use of this article, please contact the publisher.
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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Copyright 2004 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

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