Gender and age differences in pain, coping and health status among children with chronic arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 785-793

  Sälfors, Christina ^a   Hallberg, L R M ^a   Fasth, A ^b  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic arthritis; Coping; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0346258206     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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