Functional somatic symptoms in accident and emergency - An exploratory study

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Theadom, Alice ^a   Dupont, Simon ^a   Byron, Katherine ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Functional somatic symptoms; Somatisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33747758692     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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