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Patients' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: symptoms and treatment more important than explaining aetiology (2009)
Journal Article
Casiday, R. E., Hungin, A., Cornford, C. S., de Wit, N. J., & Blell, M. T. (2009). Patients' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: symptoms and treatment more important than explaining aetiology. Family Practice, 26(1), 40-47. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmn087

Background. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common condition associated with no certain organic cause, though diet and stress are widely implicated. The condition is frustrating for both sufferers and doctors, and there are problems in diagnosing... Read More about Patients' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: symptoms and treatment more important than explaining aetiology.

GPs' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: a mismatch with patient models? (2009)
Journal Article
Casiday, R. E., Hungin, A., Cornford, C. S., deWit, N. J., & Blell, M. T. (2009). GPs' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: a mismatch with patient models?. Family Practice, 26(1), 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmn088

Background. Inconsistencies in doctors’ views about causes and treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) lead to frustration for doctors and in doctor–patient interactions. Diagnosis by GPs does not correspond well to established diagnostic criteri... Read More about GPs' explanatory models for irritable bowel syndrome: a mismatch with patient models?.

Predictors of age at menarche in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study (2008)
Journal Article
Blell, M., Pollard, T., & Pearce, M. (2008). Predictors of age at menarche in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Journal of Biosocial Science, 40(4), 563-575. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932007002696

Several studies have found relationships between early life factors (birth weight, length of gestation, height, weight, duration of breast-feeding, maternal age, social class, periods of infection, presence of adverse life events, and quality of hous... Read More about Predictors of age at menarche in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study.