The associations between psychological distress and healthcare use in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: does a history of cardiac disease matter?

Abstract Background Psychological distress such as somatization, fear of body sensations, cardiac anxiety and depressive symptoms is common among patients with non-cardiac chest pain, and this may lead to increased healthcare use. However, the relationships between the psychological distress variabl...

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Main Authors: Ghassan Mourad, Tiny Jaarsma, Anna Strömberg, Erland Svensson, Peter Johansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1689-8