General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8, January 2010

Which is more important for outcome: the physician's or the patient's understanding of a health problem? A 2-year follow-up study in primary care☆☆☆★

  • Lisbeth Frostholm, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 8949 4310; fax: +45 8949 4340.
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  • Eva Ørnbøl, M.S.C.

      Affiliations

    • The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Henriette Schou Hansen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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  • Frede Olesen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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  • John Weinman

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Psychology, Guy's King's and St. Thomas', Guy's Campus, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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  • Per Fink, Dr.Med.Sc., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark

Received 26 February 2009; accepted 13 August 2009. published online 05 October 2009.

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☆ The study has been supported by grants from the Danish Medical Research Council (Grant 2028-00-0007) and the Health Service of Aarhus County (Project No. 0871). The funding sources had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, writing of the paper or the decision to submit the paper for publication.

☆☆ Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review board.

★ We declare that there are no conflicts of interest from any of the contributing authors.

PII: S0163-8343(09)00170-4

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.08.004

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8, January 2010

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