Publications by authors named "Sari Hirsikangas"

Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe adherence to health regimens and the factors associated with it among adult frequent attenders (FAs).

Design: This was a cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted of 462 healthcare FAs in 7 municipal health centres in northern Finland.

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Objective: To analyse the prevalence of GAD and other anxiety disorders, as well as sensitivity and specificity of GAD-7 among high utilizers of health care.

Setting: Four municipal health centres in Northern Finland.

Subjects: A psychiatric interview was conducted for 150 high utilizers of health care.

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