Tiredness as a ticket of entry: The role of patients' beliefs and psychological symptoms in explaining frequent attendance

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 72-74

  Ridsdale, Leone ^a   Mandalia, Sundhiya ^b   Evans, A ^c   Jerrett, W ^c   Osler, K ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Family practice; Fatigue; Frequent attendance; Patients' beliefs; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WALES;

EID: 0032801055     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134399750002674     Document Type: Article

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