Personality traits and psychological distress in persons with chronic tension-type headache. The Akershus study of chronic headache

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Aaseth, K ^a   Grande, R B ^a,b   Leiknes, K A ^c   Benth, J Š ^a   Lundqvist, C ^a,b   Russell, M B ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic tension type headache; Psychological factors population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 80054881937     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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