Predictors of outcome in a fatigued population in primary care following a randomized controlled trial

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-287

  Chlader, T ^a   Godfrey, E ^a   Ridsdale, L ^a   King, M ^a   Wessely, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037321954     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702007006     Document Type: Article

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