Young women with fibromyalgia in the United States and Sweden: Perceived difficulties during the first year after diagnosis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 1177-1184

  Liedberg, Gunilla M ^a   Burckhardt, Carol S ^b   Henriksson, Chris M ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Content analysis; Physical; Psychological; Qualitative method; Social

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORK DISABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749370283     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600551534     Document Type: Article

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