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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychosom Res. 2010 Feb 16;69(1):1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.01.001

TABLE 2.

Number of bodily symptoms (GPS and psychopathology).

Last year rate of any depressive disorder
#GPS
#MUPS 0 1 2 3 4 5+
0 4.8% 6.3% 15.3% 14.3% 17.9% 19.4%
1 6.9% 18.6% 17.1% 9.9% 18.6%
2 25.6% 19.7% 12.1% 21.7%
3 13.1% 42.4% 41.6%
4 30.2% 39.8%
5+ 26.1%
Last year rate of any anxiety disorder
#GPS
#MUPS 0 1 2 3 4 5+
0 6.0% 9.8% 11.8% 13.5% 30.7% 18.8%
1 8.5% 22.6% 33.1% 36.1% 10.3%
2 15.7% 19.7% 84.0% 50.8%
3 27.5% 26.8% 42.0%
4 48.0% 40.6%
5+ 45.0%
Last year rate of any service use
#GPS
#MUPS 0 1 2 3 4 5+
0 7.5% 14.1% 20.2% 16.3% 28.2% 38.8%
1 16.6% 27.5% 34.1% 37.0% 39.9%
2 22.6% 22.5% 69.2% 41.6%
3 35.9% 11.3% 28.9%
4 48.0% 66.1%
5+ 12.0%

GPS - General Physical Symptoms. A list of 14 physical symptoms previously shown to be associated with mental disorders

MUPS - Medically unexplained physical symptoms. A subset of GPS that were not medically explained after physician review