Psychological and emotional aspects of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 199-203

  Kamolz, T ^a   Velanovich, V ^b  

^a General Public Hospital Zell am See   (Austria)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NOISE; OBSESSION; PANIC; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036913015     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2002.00261.x     Document Type: Review

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