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ReviewScandinavian journal of primary health care2026

Persistent physical symptoms not explained by structural abnormalities or disease processes: a primary care approach to promote recovery.

Cathrine Abrahamsen, Mike Beadsworth, Will Bostock, Trudie Chalder, Signe Flottorp, Egil A Fors, Paul Garner, Sarah Hadfield, Becca Kennedy, Rebecca Kuehn and 6 more

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Review in Scandinavian journal of primary health care, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Cathrine AbrahamsenFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Mike BeadsworthFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Will BostockFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Trudie ChalderFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0775-1045
Signe FlottorpFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-2961-7461
Egil A ForsFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-0980-8247
Paul GarnerFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-0607-6941
Sarah HadfieldFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Becca KennedyFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Rebecca KuehnFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-4556-1752
Live LandmarkFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0009-0004-8531-3539
Gunvor LaunesFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Helena LiiraFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-6577-3109
Lina LinnestadFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Hélène Rotkirch VirrantausFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Velina Vangelova-KorpinenFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indexed as

Medically Unexplained SymptomsPrimary Health CareFatigueHeadacheHumansPainQuality of LifeSymptom BurdenChronic fatigue syndromeMultidimensional explanationMyalgic encephalomyelitisPersistent physical symptomsPost covid-19 syndromePrimary health careRecovery

Identifiers

PMID41823400
PMCPMC12990270

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Registered trials

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