The women engaged with a number of practitioners concurrently (see Table 2), with a substantial number of participants consulting with two (48.2%) or three (42.2%) types of conventional maternity carers during their pregnancy.
This indicates that most people with testicular cancer consult their GP quickly, but for a substantial minority the interval between symptom recognition and consulting a GP is long.
Individuals with acute sicknesses in the preceding 30 days are more likely to report using health services and report a substantial increase in utilisation from 2007, with 66% consulting a health care provider in 2010 compared with 57% in 2007.
Many patients consulting general practitioners for allergic rhinitis have substantial impairment in quality of life, sleep, daily activities, and work performance [ 51].
Several former presidents have earned substantial fees for speaking engagements, and some have worked in consulting arrangements with private companies.
Heavy menstrual bleeding is a common symptom in the years before the onset of the menopause, – and a substantial number of women consult primary care with this complaint.
Specifically, the findings that a substantial percentage of participants consulted with more than one type of CAM practitioner (56%) and used more than one form of self-prescribed CAM (67%) are consistent with the results of previous studies on the general CAM population [ 2, 3].
First, the study reveals a substantial level of CAM practitioner use with nearly half of the pregnant women consulting a CAM practitioner concurrent to conventional maternity care.
In this study, we found a substantial prevalence of depression (20.0%), anxiety (15.5%), and somatoform disorders (15.1%) in patients consulting a GP for at least one physical complaint.
A substantial proportion of our sample (30%%) received treatment by a GP or by a private child specialist before consulting CAMHS.
