Prevalence of perceived stress and associations to symptoms of exhaustion, depression and anxiety in a working age population seeking primary care - An observational study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wiegner, Lilian ^a,b   Hange, Dominique ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Ahlborg, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Burnout; Depression; Exhaustion disorder; Primary health care; Stress; Working age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BURNOUT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925849964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0252-7     Document Type: Article

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