Who consults with dyspepsia? Results from a longitudinal 10-yr follow-up study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 957-965

  Ford, Alexander C ^a,d   Forman, David ^b   Bailey, Alastair G ^a   Cook, Michael B ^b   Axon, Anthony T R ^a   Moayyedi, Paul ^c  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR; TINIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IRRITABLE COLON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; VALIDITY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DYSPEPSIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34247895395     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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