Health anxiety levels in chronic pain clinic attenders

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Rode, Sibylle ^a   Salkovskis, Paul ^a   Dowd, Helen ^a   Hanna, Magdi ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain patients; Cognitive behavioural model; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis; Prevalence; Questionnaire study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SICK ROLE; STATISTICS;

EID: 31344444191     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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