caa a22 4500 397498462 CHVBK 20180308164527.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199503 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.1.75 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.1.75 The use of case histories to explore concepts of disease, illness and sickness certification [Elektronische Daten] [Sören Brage, Ellen M Håland Haldorsen, Tone Strømme Johannesen, Holger Ursin, Gunnar Tellnes] A questionnaire with 12 case histories was constructed to investigate views on sickness certification and concepts of disease and illness among GPs and laymen. It was mailed to random samples of 436 Norwegian GPs and 600 Norwegians, stratified for gender, age and residence. Response rates were low, 44% for doctors, and 54% for laymen, probably indicating that the method was more suitable for smaller surveys. Case histories could be used to compare views of GPs and laymen on the concepts of disease and illness. They were also useful in examining views on sickness certification, but, in that case, they probably only reveal what respondents thought should be done. From this study it was not safe to conclude how often, and for what medical conditions doctors would issue sickness certificates in practice. ICPC was useful for coding diagnostic suggestions, set by GPs, but will be more useful after inclusion of criteria and more extensive synonym lists. © Oxford University Press Research matters nationallicence Brage Sören Unit of Social Insurance Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Bergen Norway, Bergen Norway aut Haldorsen Ellen M Håland Division of Physiological Psychology, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Bergen Norway aut Johannesen Tone Strømme Unit of Social Insurance Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Bergen Norway, Bergen Norway aut Ursin Holger Division of Physiological Psychology, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Bergen Norway aut Tellnes Gunnar Unit of Social Insurance Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Bergen Norway, Bergen Norway aut Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 75-83 0263-2136 12:1<75 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.75 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.75 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brage Sören Unit of Social Insurance Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Bergen Norway, Bergen Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haldorsen Ellen M Håland Division of Physiological Psychology, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Bergen Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Johannesen Tone Strømme Unit of Social Insurance Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Bergen Norway, Bergen Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ursin Holger Division of Physiological Psychology, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen Bergen Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tellnes Gunnar Unit of Social Insurance Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Bergen Norway, Bergen Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 75-83 0263-2136 12:1<75 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford