Predictors of persistent gastrointestinal symptoms among new presenters to primary care

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-305

  Halder, Smita L S ^a   MacFarlane, Gary J ^b   Thompson, David ^a   O'Brien, Sarah J ^a   Musleh, Mahmoud ^c   McBeth, John ^c  

^a School of Translational Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental; Gastrointestinal; Onset; Prospective; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; DIET; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76649125870     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832bab61     Document Type: Article

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