An Analysis of Women's and Men's Surgical Priorities and Willingness to Have Rheumatoid Hand Surgery

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1447-1453

  Alderman, Amy K ^a   Arora, Anjali S ^a   Kuhn, Latoya ^a   Wei, Yongliang ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; hand surgery; Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 33751090741     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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