Biopsychosocial mediators and moderators of stress-health relationships in patients with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-316

  Dekkers, J Caroline ^a,d   Geenen, Rinie ^a   Evers, Andrea W M ^b   Kraaimaat, Floor W ^b   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^c   Godaert, Guido L R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Health; Psychophysiology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034897233     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200108)45:4<307::aid-art342>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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