Medically unexplained symptoms explained

First was recognition, in which the GP with an extended role validated the patient's experience and symptoms as legitimate. [...]the explanation, in which a credible explanation of symptom perception was offered, including plausible mechanisms of symptom causes.12 The third component, action, provided techniques and strategies that corresponded to the explanation. [...]during learning, the patient implemented the acquired techniques and evaluated the effects on their symptoms. According to the HLS-EU6 survey, at baseline, only 122 (35%) of 354 participants met the cutoff for “sufficient” health literacy, 167 (47%) had scores in the range suggesting “problematic” health literacy, and 50 (14%) had “inadequate” health literacy.