The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7

Abstract Background Health anxiety (HA) is defined as a worry of disease. An association between HA and mental illness has been reported, but few have looked at the association between HA and physical disease. Objective To examine the association between HA and number of diseases, different disease...

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Main Authors: Anja Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Primary Care
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01749-0