A population-based case-control study of work and psychosocial problems in patients with irritable bowel syndrome - Women are more seriously affected than men

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 371-379

  Faresjö, Åshild ^a   Grodzinsky, Ewa ^b   Johansson, Saga ^c,d   Wallander, Mari Ann ^d,e   Timpka, Toomas ^a   Åkerlind, Ingemar ^f  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846502579     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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