Musculoskeletal pain, disability and health-seeking behavior in adult Kuwaitis using a validated Arabic version of WHO-ILAR COPCORD Core Questionnaire

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Al Awadhi, Adel M ^a   Olusi, S O ^a   Moussa, M ^a   Shehab, D ^a   Al Zaid, N ^a   Al Herz, A ^b   Al Jarallah, K ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

COPCORD; Kuwait; Musculoskeletal pain

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF MEDICATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1842450379     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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