Which patients with headache do not seek medical attention?

Headache

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1279-1284

  Oliveira, Daniela R V ^a   Leite, Alice A ^b   Rocha Filho, Pedro A S ^c  

^a Scientific Initiation Fellowships Institutional Program (FACEPE)   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde and Hospital Agamenon Magalhães   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

attitude to health; headache; migraine disorders; pain; patient acceptance of health care; tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80052403202     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01977.x     Document Type: Article

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