The meaning of fatigue and tiredness as narrated by women with fibromyalgia and healthy women

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-255

  Söderberg, Siv ^a,c   Lundman, Berit ^b   Norberg, Astrid ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Health Science ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fibromyalgia; Phenomenological hermeneutic; Tiredness; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036512945     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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