Patients' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: Symptoms and treatment more important than explaining aetiology

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Casiday, Rachel E ^a   Hungin, A P S ^a   Cornford, Charles S ^a   de Wit, Niek J ^b   Blell, Mwenza T ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Explanatory model; Irritable bowel syndrome; Patient perception; Primary care; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849115010     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn087     Document Type: Article

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