Gender differences in pain and depressive tendency among Chinese elders with knee osteoarthritis

Pain

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 188-194

  Tsai, Yun Fang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Elders; Osteoarthritis; Pain

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249667775     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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