The prevalence and meaning of fatigue in rheumatic disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1407-1417

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,b,e   Hawley, Donna J ^c   Wilson, Kristen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Clinical Centers   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arthritis Research Center   (United States)

^e ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fibromyalgia; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0029763121     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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