Are medically unexplained symptoms and functional disorders predictive for the illness course?. A two-year follow-up on patients' health and health care utilisation

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-44

  Hansen, Henriette Schou ^a,b   Rosendal, Marianne ^b   Oernboel, Eva ^a   Fink, Per ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health care cost; Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary health care; SF 36; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMON MENTAL DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISEASES, DISORDERS AND ABNORMALITIES; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958766931     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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