Table 1.

Survey item at each stage

During initial consultation	Medical record	During telephone interview
HADS	Age	HADS
	Sex	Presence of new symptoms/diseases after having consulted with the Department
	Number of days from the initial consultation to the telephone survey (range)	Continued presence of symptoms which the subject complained about during the initial consultation
	The period from the onset of symptoms present at the initial consultation to the initial consultation (%)	Has the participant been “doctor shopping” after our examination?
	ICPC-2 Code P status during the final diagnosis at the Department

Abbreviations: HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; ICPC-2, International Classification of Primary Care revised second edition.