A cross-sectional survey of patients' beliefs about stress and their help-seeking behaviour

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 513, 2005, Pages 274-279

  Febles, Alberto ^a   Ogden, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Help seeking behaviour; Stress; Symptom survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHAME; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEST INDIES;

EID: 17144395999     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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