Emotion regulation predicts change of perceived health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1071-1074

  Van Middendorp, H ^a   Geenen, R ^a   Sorbi, M J ^a   Van Doornen, L J P ^a   Bijlsma, J W J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 21344470161     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.020487     Document Type: Article

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