Clinical characteristics of persistent frequent attenders in primary care: Case-control study

Family Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 624-630

  Patel, Shireen ^a   Kai, Joe ^b   Atha, Christopher ^a   Avery, Anthony ^b   Guo, Boliang ^a   James, Marilyn ^b   Malins, Samuel ^a   Sampson, Christopher ^b   Stubley, Michelle ^a   Morriss, Richard ^a  

^a Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequent attendance; Health anxiety; Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOMATOFORM DISORDER; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958184718     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmv076     Document Type: Article

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