RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The 'iceberg' of illness and 'trivial' consultations
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 551
OP 554
VO 30
IS 218
A1 D. R. Hannay
YR 1980
UL http://bjgp.org/content/30/218/551.abstract
AB The medical symptom 'iceberg' and 'trivia' were defined in terms of people's own perceptions of their symptoms and their subsequent referral behaviour. The data were collected by household interviews of patients registered at a health centre and included information on personal and environmental characteristics. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to explore associations between those who were part of the symptom 'iceberg' or 'trivia', and factors which might have caused such incongruous referral behaviour.