Self-care for common colds: A European multicenter survey on the role of subjective discomfort and knowledge about the self-limited course - The COCO study.

Common colds are the most frequently encountered disease worldwide and the most frequent reason for self-care. According to the cross-sectional European Common Colds study (COCO), patients use as many as 12 items on average for self-care. Little is known about the influence of discomfort and knowled...

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Main Authors: Anika Thielmann, Biljana Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, Tuomas H Koskela, Vildan Mevsim, Birgitta Weltermann, European General Practice Research Network Working Group on Self-Care
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5898731?pdf=render