Sick leave and work disability in primary care patients with recent-onset multiple medically unexplained symptoms and persistent somatoform disorders: A 10-year follow-up of the FIP study

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-59

  Rask, Mette T ^a   Rosendal, Marianne ^a   Fenger Grøn, Morten ^a   Bro, Flemming ^a   Ørnbøl, Eva ^b   Fink, Per ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classification; Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary health care; Sick leave; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENSION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WORK DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCANDINAVIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SICK LEAVE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84922660467     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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