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. 2025 Nov 8:200:112445.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112445. Online ahead of print.

bodysymptoms.org: Postlaunch evaluation and update

Chloe Saunders  1 , Heidi Frølund Pedersen  2 , Charlotte Ulrikka Rask  3 , Lisbeth Frostholm  2
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bodysymptoms.org: Postlaunch evaluation and update

Chloe Saunders et al. J Psychosom Res. .
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Abstract

Persistent physical symptoms (PPS) and functional somatic disorders present significant challenges to clinical communication. There is a lack of resources easily accessible in digital contexts that can support the development of therapeutic explanations and shared understandings. To address this problem bodysymptoms.org was launched in January 2024 as a multilingual, publicly accessible educational website designed to provide evidence-based, integrative explanations of PPS using a transdiagnostic, biopsychosocial framework. This report summarises the post-launch evaluation of bodysymptoms.org and outlines updates made in 2025.

Keywords: Digital health; Functional somatic symptoms; Persistent physical symptoms; Therapeutic explanation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors have no competing interests to report. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 956673 and is part of the innovative training network ETUDE (Encompassing Training in fUnctional Disorders across Europe; https://etude-itn.eu/).

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