Why do patients with rheumatoid arthritis use alternative treatments?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 192-196

  Jacobs, J W G ^a   Kraaimaat, F W ^b   Bijlsma, J W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative therapy; Alternative treatment; Complementary treatment; Complementery medicine; Conventional treatment; Health status; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034949079     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011199     Document Type: Article

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