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Self-reported symptoms and healthcare seeking in the general population -exploring “The Symptom Iceberg”
BACKGROUND Research has illustrated that the decision-making process regarding healthcare seeking for symptoms is complex and associated with a variety of factors, including gender differences. Enhanced understanding of the frequency of symptoms and the healthcare seeking behaviour in the general population may increase our knowledge of this complex field. The primary objective of this study wa...
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BACKGROUND The symptom iceberg describes the phenomenon that most symptoms are managed in the community without people seeking professional health care. The size of the iceberg for many symptoms is unknown, as is their association with personal characteristics, including history of a chronic disease. AIM To ascertain the size of the symptom iceberg in the UK. DESIGN OF STUDY A UK-wide commu...
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BACKGROUND Recent changes in UK primary care have increased the range of services and healthcare professionals available for advice. Furthermore, the UK government has promoted greater use of both self-care and the wider primary care team for managing symptoms indicative of self-limiting illness. We do not know how the public has been responding to these strategies. The aim of this study was to...
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Christopher Lieu, MD William J. Janssen, MD Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD 1 Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado. 2 Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado. 3 Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 4 Patient Safety...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11x561339