Sore throats in adults: who sees a doctor?

In a study looking at the relationship of life stress events to health status, 500 individuals randomly selected from family practices in Hamilton, Ontario were asked to keep a health diary for three days every two weeks over a two year period. The compliance with diary keeping was remarkably high (85%), partly due to a novel method of reinforcing compliance. The present study involved reviewing these health diaries for symptoms of sore throat …