Development of a work instability scale for rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-354

  Gilworth, Gill ^a   Chamberlain, M Anne ^a   Harvey, Andrew ^b   Woodhouse, Amanda ^c   Smith, Jacqui ^d   Smyth, M Glyn ^d   Tennant, Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Pinderlields/Pontefract Natl H   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept of Psychometric Lab Hlth 0 ^*

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Work disability; Work instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK DISABILITY; WORK INSTABILITY SCALE;

EID: 0037636767     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11114     Document Type: Article

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