Assessment and management of symptoms is a main task in primary care. Symptoms may be defined as 'any subjective evidence of a health problem as perceived by the patient'. In other words, symptoms do not appear as such; symptoms are rather the result of an interpretation process. We aim to discuss different perspectives on symptom interpretation as presented in the disciplines of biomedicine, psychology and anthropology and the possible implications for our understanding of research on symptoms in relation to prevalence and diagnosis in the general population and in primary care.

Symptom interpretation in primary care research varies across biomedicine, psychology, and anthropology, impacting our understanding of prevalence and diagnosis in the general population and primary care.

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Multiple perspectives on symptom interpretation in primary care research

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