Patient education in arthritis: Randomized controlled trial of a mail- delivered program

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1378-1383

  Fries, James F ^a,b   Carey, Carmen ^a,c   Mcshane, Dennis J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Healthtrac Inc

Author keywords

Arthritis self management; Patient education; Self efficacy; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030844981     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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