Psychosocial risk factors for the onset of abdominal pain. Results from a large prospective population-based study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1219-1225

  Halder, Smita L S ^a   McBeth, John ^b   Silman, Alan J ^b   Thompson, David G ^a   Macfarlane, Gary J ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Epidemiology; Functional disorders; Pain; Psychosocial; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRAWING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 12244273745     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.6.1219     Document Type: Article

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