作者
Sandra Elnegaard, Rikke Sand Andersen, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Pia Veldt Larsen, Jens Søndergaard, Sanne Rasmussen, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Rikke Pilsgaard Svendsen, Peter Vedsted, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl
发表日期
2015/12
期刊
BMC public health
卷号
15
页码范围
1-11
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
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 was to estimate the prevalence of self-reported symptoms and the proportion of individuals reporting GP contact, in a large Danish nationwide cohort. A secondary objective was to explore gender differences in GP contacts in response to experiencing one of the 44 predefined symptoms.
Methods
A Danish nationwide cohort study including a random sample of 100,000 individuals, representative of the adult Danish population aged 20 years or …
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