Coping with headache: A focus group study about womens self-initiated actions and cognitive strategies

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-26

  Slettbakk, Rune ^a   Nilsen, Christine Vaksdal ^b   Malterud, Kirsti ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Alesund Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Action; Coping; Headache; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPISODIC TENSION HEADACHE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL STRESS; SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 32344435188     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430500404183     Document Type: Article

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