[Functional complaints--healthy or ill? A study of 780 working men].
The frequency of functional complaints was examined in a group of 780 health men, employees of an industrial firm, who had no evidence of organic disease, were not under medical treatment and thought of themselves as healthy. As part of a standardised examination, questions were asked about 11 possible functional complaints, in addition to ten characteristics of their work. The presence of at least one functional symptom was affirmed by 48.3%, with a mean of two symptoms per person. Headaches and sweating were most frequent. In addition to an autonomic fatigue syndrome, a headache syndrome was the most characteristic. Some functional complaints were related to work stress, with factorial analysis distinguishing between time-limited overwork and emotional strain. These findings and corresponding one in the literature suggest that functional complaints frequently occur also in healthy persons.
D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014937:Work
Funktionelle Beschwerden--gesund oder krank? Untersuchungen an 780 berufstätigen Männern.