“…They comprise the majority of adult illness experiences (Merrill & Verbrugge, 1999), are the number one reason people seek physician care (Stone, 2000), and are associated with overall quality of daily life (Tveito, Passchier, Duivenvoorden & Eriksen, 2004). Physicians recognize the utility of somatic symptoms and use them for diagnostic purposes (Daltroy, Larson, Eaton, Phillips & Liang, 1999;Hughes, Edelman, Singer & Chang, 1993). Despite their prevalence and importance, however, the ''full picture of lifetime health is not known, especially about symptoms of daily life'' (Verbrugge, 1985, p. 163).…”