Dealing with fatigue: The importance of health-related action patterns

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-74

  Van Mens Verhulst, Janneke ^a   Van Dijkum, Cor ^a   Lam, Niek ^a   Van Kuijk, Etzel ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Health behaviour; Successful action pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 0032890284     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(98)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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