The Reassurance Questionnaire (RQ): psychometric properties of a self-report questionnaire to assess reassurability.

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BACKGROUND:

The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire that assessed the extent to which patients usually feel reassured by their attending physician.

METHODS:

The study population consisted of 204 subjects from the general population, 113 general practice patients, 130 general medical out-patients and 183 general medical patients with unexplained physical symptoms participating in an intervention study on the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy.

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Stressors, personality traits, and coping of Gulf War veterans with chronic fatigue.

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preliminary surveys of Persian Gulf veterans revealed a significant prevalence of self-reported symptoms consistent with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The purpose of this study was to compare self-reported life stressors, combat, and chemical exposures, personality and coping between Gulf War veterans with CFS and healthy veterans.

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Occupational risk factors for ill health in Gulf veterans of the United Kingdom.

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OBJECTIVES:

To study the association between occupational factors specific to the Armed Forces (rank, functional roles, Service, regular or reservist status and deployment factors) and symptomatic health problems in Gulf veterans, after sociodemographic and lifestyle factors have been accounted for.

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Psychological differences between veterans with and without Gulf War unexplained symptoms. Portland Environmental Hazards Research Center.

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OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this study was to assess measures of psychological and neurobehavioral functioning to determine their association with unexplained symptoms in Gulf War veterans.

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Natural disaster and depression: a prospective investigation of reactions to the 1993 midwest floods.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in Korean conflict and World War II combat veterans seeking outpatient treatment.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder in the primary care medical setting.

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Is there a Persian Gulf War syndrome? Evidence from a large population-based survey of veterans and nondeployed controls.

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PURPOSE:

Concerns have been raised about whether veterans of the Gulf War have a medical illness of uncertain etiology. We surveyed veterans to look for evidence of an illness that was unique to those deployed to the Persian Gulf and was not seen in comparable military controls.

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Fatality trends in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, 1948-1998.

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CONTEXT:

The rising number of deaths among United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces after the Cold War has made some troop-contributing countries hesitant to participate in peacekeeping operations. While the number and scale of missions have increased, no data have demonstrated a parallel increase in risks to peacekeepers.

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the association of characteristics of UN peacekeeping operations with risks and mortality rates among UN peacekeeping forces in both the Cold War and post-Cold War periods.

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Impact of haze from forest fire to respiratory health: Indonesian experience.

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OBJECTIVE:

This paper will describe the impact on the human lung of haze from forest fires in Indonesia based on data collected from different provinces.

METHODOLOGY:

Data were collected from personal reports from pulmonologists working in the area as well as from province/district health offices and hospitals.

RESULTS:

These data show that there was a significant impact of haze to the human lung. There was a significant increase in respiratory conditions, lung function complaints and other related impacts.

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