Do Childhood Adversity and Recent Social Stress Predict Health Care Use in Patients Presenting with Upper Abdominal or Chest Pain?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1020-1028

  Biggs, Anne Marie ^a,c   Aziz, Qasim ^b   Tomenson, Barbara ^a   Creed, Francis ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood adversity; Functional dyspepsia; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Health care use; Ischemic heart disease; Noncardiac chest pain; Recent life adversity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DEATH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THORAX PAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0346095389     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000097333.02618.8D     Document Type: Article

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