Asociación entre prácticas en salud, somatización y algunos factores psicosociales en usuarios de clínicas de ASSBASALUD ESE. Manizales (Colombia), 2007

a greater risk of developing a cadre of Somatisation, defined as a series of physical symptoms without demonstrable organic cause, and associated with stress and depression, anxiety, which usually go unnoticed in the consultation. Such patients become chronic patients or chronic abusers of health services, generating congestion in health services and increase in health costs. Methodology: cross-sectional study, which included 188 patients who attended external consults in diverse urban centres of Care in Social Security, Welfare and Health, the State Social Enterprise (ASSBASALUD, ESE.’s Urban area of Manizales (Colombia). Results: Average age was of 51.3 years, 62.5% presented somatisation, 61.9% subclinical anxiety, 51.6% had no depression, low stress levels of 73.6% and 42.9% presented a good family function. Significant dependence between anxiety and somatisation (p = 0000), depression (p = 0005) stress (p = 0000), family functionality (p = 0007), among others was found. A significant dependency was found between the practical variables of health and somatisation (p = 0.002), Anxiety (p = 0014), Depression (p = 0.008) at a p <0.1 level with functionality inside the family (p = 0093) Conclusion: High somatisation comorbidity was found in patients with some degree of depression, anxiety and stress, worse health practices in somatisation patients, and with some level of anxiety, depression and anxiety, as well as different kind of health practices in this type of patients.