The effect of culture on symptom reporting: Hispanics and irritable bowel syndrome

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 261-267

  Barakzai, Mary D ^a   Gregory, Jacqueline ^b   Fraser, Dorothy ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California Davis ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Irritable bowel syndrome; Mexican Americans; Symptom reporting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247880249     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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