Somatic symptom burden and health anxiety in the population and their correlates

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-76

  Lee, Sing ^a   Creed, Francis H ^b   Ma, Yee Ling ^a   Leung, Candi MC ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health anxiety; Health care utilization; Impairment; Psychological distress; Somatic symptom burden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 15; POPULATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; SOMATIC SYMPTOM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84916623555     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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