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Table 1 Attitudes to patients with MUS 1 (Percentages to nearest 0.1)

From: “You kind of want to fix it don’t you?” Exploring general practice trainees’ experiences of managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms

Questionnaire stem

n

Percenta with Likert scale response 1–3 (not at all, a little bit, a little)

Percenta with Likert scale response 4–5 (somewhat, a fair amount)

Percenta with Likert scale response 6–7 (much, very much)

I feel angry

79

83.5 (66/79)

15.2 (12/79)

1.3 (1/79)

I worry about missing illness and being sued

79

25.3 (20/79)

45.6 (36/79)

29.1 (23/79)

I often feel unsure of what to do

79

13.9 (11/79)

64.6 (51/79)

21.5 (17/79)

I feel comfortable

79

64.6 (51/79)

30.4 (24/79)

5.1 (4/79)

I enjoy working with them

79

68.4 (54/79)

31.6 (25/79)

0.0 (0/79)

I feel anxious

78

50.0 (39/78)

37.2 (29/78)

12.8 (10/78)

I am confident in my approach

79

55.7 (44/79)

39.2 (31/79)

5.1 (4/79)

I resent seeing them

79

81.0 (64/79)

15.2 (12/79)

3.8 (3/79)

I think they take up too much of my time

79

68.4 (54/79)

24.1 (19/79)

7.6 (6/79)

I sometimes use cognitive behavioural therapy techniques

77

71.4 (55/77)

26.0 (20/77)

2.6 (2/77)

  1. aPercentages to nearest 0.1