The self-regulation of fatigue and associated complaints: An exploratory simulation

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-57

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Magnus Systems Support   (Netherlands)

^c Roy and SunAlliance Life Insurances   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Intervention; Patient's self regulation; Unpredictability; Vague complaints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TYPES OF STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037227533     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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