The patients' illness perceptions and the use of primary health care

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 997-1005

  Frostholm, Lisbeth ^a   Fink, Per ^a   Christensen, Kaj S ^a   Toft, Tomas ^a   Oernboel, Eva ^a   Olesen, Frede ^b   Weinman, John ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care use; Illness perception; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DENMARK; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645649720     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000189164.85653.bc     Document Type: Article

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