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Table 2 Number of survivors who presented symptoms to the GP that correspond with self-reported symptoms*

From: Are physical symptoms among survivors of a disaster presented to the general practitioner? A comparison between self-reports and GP data

Symptoms on symptom-scale (corresponding ICPC codes)

Self-reported symptoms at T1 and/or T2

No. of Survivors with self-reported symptom (%)

No. of survivors who presented symptom to the GP (%)†

Risk ratio‡

Fatigue

No symptoms

93 (11.4)

3 (3.2)

1.0

   (ICPC codes: A04, P06)

T1 only

158 (19.3)

22 (13.9)

4.3

 

T2 only

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0

 

T1 and T2

568 (69.4)

162 (28.5)

8.9

Pain in bones and muscles

No symptoms

278 (35.2)

127 (45.7)

1.0

   (ICPC codes: L01 – L20, L29)

T1 only

85 (10.7)

46 (54.1)

1.2

 

T2 only

163 (20.6)

104 (63.8)

1.4

 

T1 and T2

265 (33.5)

169 (63.8)

1.4

Back pain

No symptoms

318 (40.5)

31 (9.8)

1.0

   (ICPC codes: L02, L03)

T1 only

65 (8.3)

10 (15.4)

1.6

 

T2 only

150 (19.1)

44 (29.3)

3.0

 

T1 and T2

252 (32.1)

73 (29.0)

3.0

Stomachache

No symptoms

366 (41.3)

21 (5.7)

1.0

   (ICPC codes: D01 – D03, D06)

T1 only

122 (13.8)

16 (13.1)

2.3

 

T2 only

141 (15.8)

29 (20.6)

3.6

 

T1 and T2

258 (29.1)

73 (28.3)

5.0

Headache

No symptoms

271 (34.2)

12 (4.4)

1.0

   (ICPC codes: N01, N02)

T1 only

146 (18.4)

9 (6.2)

1.4

 

T2 only

97 (12.3)

13 (13.4)

3.1

 

T1 and T2

278 (35.1)

59 (21.2)

4.8

Shortness of breath

No symptoms

446 (56.2)

10 (2.2)

1.0

   (ICPC codes: R02 – R04, R29)

T1 only

71 (9.0)

0 (0.0)

0

 

T2 only

118 (14.9)

13 (11.0)

5

 

T1 and T2

158 (19.9)

34 (21.5)

9.8

Dizziness

No symptoms

459 (58.2)

15 (3.3)

1.0

   (ICPC code: N17)

T1 only

103 (13.0)

3 (2.9)

0.9

 

T2 only

62 (7.9)

4 (6.5)

2.0

 

T1 and T2

165 (20.9)

26 (15.8)

4.8

Pain in chest and region of heart

No symptoms

501 (64.1)

23 (4.6)

1.0

   (ICPC codes: L04, K01 – K03)

T1 only

66 (8.5)

10 (15.2)

3.3

 

T2 only

96 (12.3)

17 (17.7)

3.9

 

T1 and T2

118 (15.1)

32 (27.1)

5.9

  1. GP: general practitioner; ICPC: International Classification of Primary Care
  2. * Due to missing values on T1 and T2, N-values differ from the total study population (N = 887);
  3. † Survivors with a symptom (ICPC code) corresponding with the self-report symptom in their electronic medical record (EMR)
  4. ‡ Risk ratio: % of survivors with self-reported symptoms who presented symptoms to the general practitioner/% of survivors without self-reported symptoms who presented symptoms to the general practitioner