The impact of psychosocial features of employment status on emotional distress in chronic pain and healthy comparison samples

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-256

  Jackson, Todd ^a   Iezzi, Anthony ^a   Lafreuiere, Kathryn ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Emotional distress; Employment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030971698     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025552710949     Document Type: Article

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