Neurology out-patients with symptoms unexplained by disease: Illness beliefs and financial benefits predict 1-year outcome

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 689-698

  Sharpe, M ^a   Stone, J ^a   Hibberd, C ^a   Warlow, C ^a   Duncan, R ^b   Coleman, R ^c   Roberts, R ^d   Cull, R ^a   Pelosi, A ^e   Cavanagh, J ^f   Matthews, K ^d   Goldbeck, R ^c   Smyth, R ^g   Walker, A ^f   Walker, J ^a   MacMahon, A ^f   Murray, G ^h   Carson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Medically unexplained symptoms; Neurology; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951921880     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709990717     Document Type: Article

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