Impact of osteoarthritis and analgesic treatment on quality of life of an elderly population

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1154-1159

  Briggs, Andrea ^a   Scott, Eileen ^a   Steele, Keith ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analgesics; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIHYDROCODEINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0032721541     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.18411     Document Type: Article

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