The factors associated to psychosocial stress among general practitioners in Lithuania. Cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vanagas, Giedrius ^a,b   Bihari Axelsson, Susanna ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LITHUANIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 23044467185     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-45     Document Type: Article

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