More and more people suffer from stress-related illness and ailments that can greatly affect the individual's experienced quality of life and sense of coping since pain, physical, mental and social functioning are closely linked. Many of these people will seek primary care for help, and thus be referred to the Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy (NPMP) performed by physiotherapists in primary care. Data shows that for the first three months of 2009, 42% of patients were referred to NPMP had a musculoskeletal diagnosis as the first diagnosis, often in the form of long-term and comprehensive pain problems. Many of the patients also had emotional difficulties, but without being diagnosed with mental illness. 23% of patients who were referred to NPMP had a psychiatric diagnosis as the first diagnosis. The full range of psychiatric diagnoses are represented, but the majority of patients were treated for anxiety and depression. The investigators want to let people who have had NPMP treatment to consider what effect the treatment has given, measured by separate registrations of quality of life, pain, physical, mental and social functioning.
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Change from baseline in Short-form Health Survey (SF-36) at 6 months
Timeframe: 6 months
Change from baseline in Short-form Health Survey (SF-36) at 12 months
Timeframe: 12 months