Patients repeatedly referred to secondary care with symptoms unexplained by organic disease: Prevalence, characteristics and referral pattern

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 479-486

  McGorm, Kelly ^a   Burton, Christopher ^a   Weller, David ^a   Murray, Gordon ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; Family medicine; Medically unexplained symptoms; Mental health; Somatisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 77956909288     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq053     Document Type: Article

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