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Bruce Arroll: Health professor says one simple question can help GPs treat patients

Published: July 27, 2023, 9:21 p.m.

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How is your emotional quality of life now, with 100 being perfect and 0 being the worst imaginable?

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That single question could be all GPs need to differentiate if they should be treating patients for a health issue or a mood issue.

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A study has found when asked that question patients who rated their emotional quality of life as less than 60 indicated a mood issue was likely to exist.

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Study author and professor of general practice and primary health care at the University of Auckland Bruce Arroll talked to Mike Hosking.

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