Titre :
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Impact of chronic pain on health care seeking, self care, and medication. Results from a population-based Swedish study. (1999)
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Auteurs :
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H.I. ANDERSSON ;
G. EJLERTSSON ;
I. LEDEN ;
B. SCHERSTEN ;
Department of Community Health Sciences. DalbylLund. Lund University. Lund. SWE
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 53, n° 8, 1999)
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Pagination :
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503-509
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Douleur
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Homme
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Sexe
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Suède
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Europe
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Epidémiologie
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Evaluation
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Utilisation
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Soins santé primaire
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Automédication
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Médecine alternative
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Médicament analgésique
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Thérapeutique médicamenteuse
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Thérapeutique
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Questionnaire
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST H75R0x37. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective-To explore individual and social factors that could predict health care utilisation and medication among people with chronic pain in an unselected population. Design-A mailed survey with questions about pain and mental symptoms, disability, self care action, visits to health care providers, and medication. Setting-General populations in two Swedish primary health care (PHC) districts. Medical care was given in a state health system. Participants-A random sample (from the population register) of 15% of the population aged 25-74 (n=1806). Main results-Among people reporting chronic pain 45.7% (compared with 29.8 of non-chronic pain persons, p
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