Does psychological distress modulate functional gastrointestinal symptoms and health care seeking? A prospective, community cohort study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 789-797

  Koloski, Natasha A ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^a   Boyce, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037954621     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07388.x     Document Type: Article

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