Catastrophizing, pain, and social adjustment in scleroderma: Relationships with educational level

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 639-646

  Edwards, Robert R ^a   Goble, Layne ^a   Kwan, Amy ^a   Kudel, Ian ^a   McGuire, Lynanne ^a   Heinberg, Leslie ^b   Wigley, Fred ^c   Haythornthwaite, Jennifer ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Coping; Education; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33748154119     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000210918.26159.94     Document Type: Article

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