TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology/therapy
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology/therapy
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Maryland/epidemiology
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data
KW - Psychophysiologic Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology/therapy
KW - Remission, Spontaneous
KW - Sex Factors
KW - Sick Role
KW - Somatoform Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology/therapy
AU - J. L. Jackson
AU - J. Chamberlin
AU - K. Kroenke
A1 - 
AB - The authors sought to explore gender differences among patients with physical symptoms who came to see internists. The women were younger, more likely to report stress, endorsed more "other, currently bothersome" symptoms, were more likely to have a mental disorder, and were less likely to be satisfied with their care. The men were slower to improve, but there was no difference between the sexes after 3 months. There were no differences in the number, type, duration, or severity of symptoms or in the expectation of care, costs of visits, intervention received, use of health care services, or likelihood of being considered difficult by their physician. The gender of the clinician had no effect on any outcome.
BT - Psychosomatics
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 5
CY - United States
IS - 5
JF - Psychosomatics
N2 - The authors sought to explore gender differences among patients with physical symptoms who came to see internists. The women were younger, more likely to report stress, endorsed more "other, currently bothersome" symptoms, were more likely to have a mental disorder, and were less likely to be satisfied with their care. The men were slower to improve, but there was no difference between the sexes after 3 months. There were no differences in the number, type, duration, or severity of symptoms or in the expectation of care, costs of visits, intervention received, use of health care services, or likelihood of being considered difficult by their physician. The gender of the clinician had no effect on any outcome.
PP - United States
PY - 2003
SN - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
SP - 359
EP - 366
EP - 
T1 - Gender and symptoms in primary care practices
T2 - Psychosomatics
TI - Gender and symptoms in primary care practices
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 12954909
VL - 44
VO - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
Y1 - 2003
ER -