A scoping review of somatization: characteristics and implications among health profession students

Somatic symptoms were highly prevalent in all assessed health professions and primary articles reported them to be strongly correlated with mental distress. Further research is necessary, particularly in the U.S., which now claims just five primary articles in the past three decades. Research on non- medical health profession students is particularly lacking, as are controlled trials and research examining the effects of somatic symptoms of stress on long-term quality of life and career attrition from the healthcare field.