Spirituality, Well-Being, and Quality of Life in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 778-783

  Bartlett, Susan J ^a   Piedmont, Ralph ^b   Bilderback, Andrew ^a   Matsumoto, Alan K ^a   Bathon, Joan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spirituality; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CONCEPT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0348111414     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11456     Document Type: Article

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