Predictors of outcome in patients consulting their general practitioners for headache: A prospective study

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 751-764

  Goldstein, L H ^a   Seed, P T ^a   Clark, L V ^a   Dowson, A J ^a   Jenkins, L M ^a   Ridsdale, L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Headache; Illness perceptions; Impact; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEADACHE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051614030     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2010.493217     Document Type: Article

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