Physical Health Problems
Dimension 442 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Physical Health Problems measures the presence and salience of bodily symptoms, medical conditions, and organ-related health complaints expressed in an expression. It encompasses general physical discomfort, diagnosed conditions, functional impact from bodily problems, and more specific internal or urinary complaints.
evidence final name · Somatisation Psychological Distress
Minimal Physical Health Problems
Expressions activating this band contain little to no clear bodily symptom or medical-condition content, or only incidental references that do not establish an active physical complaint.
Mild Physical Health Problems
Expressions activating this band describe recognizable physical symptoms or health concerns such as coughing, numbness, allergy symptoms, mouth irritation, noise sensitivity, or needing some help with usual activities.
Moderate Physical Health Problems
Expressions activating this band describe established medical conditions or persistent bodily problems, especially digestive, metabolic, swelling, or movement-related difficulties that affect daily functioning.
Marked Physical Health Problems
Expressions activating this band center on acute, localized bodily distress with a clear internal or urinary pain complaint, such as pain during urination.
Severe Physical Health Problems
Expressions activating this band describe serious organ-related or painful internal health problems, including liver disease, ulcers, and pain, burning, or blood in urine.
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Minimal Somatisation Psychological Distress: Expressions show no meaningful somatisation psychological distress content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to somatisation psychological distress.
Emerging Somatisation Psychological Distress: Somatisation psychological distress is experienced here as direct functional disruption, reflecting interference with daily life and measurable impairment. This is the first band where somatisation psychological distress becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band likely reflect direct functional disruption from somatisation psychological distress.
Elevated Somatisation Psychological Distress: Somatisation psychological distress is experienced here as physiological and somatic distress, reflecting embodied arousal and clinical-grade symptom intensity. Unlike the band below, where somatisation psychological distress was characterized by direct functional disruption, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect physiological and embodied somatisation psychological distress.
Severe Somatisation Psychological Distress: Somatisation psychological distress is present here in a general or mixed form without a single dominant facet. Unlike the band below, where somatisation psychological distress was characterized by the somatic and physiological form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band may reflect general or diffuse somatisation psychological distress.