Beliefs about the causes of osteoarthritis among primary care patients

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-271

  Turner, A P ^a   Barlow, J H ^a   Buszewicz, M ^b   Atkinson, A ^b   Rait, G ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Interviews; Osteoarthritis; Patients' beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; WEATHER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SPORTS;

EID: 34547400591     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22537     Document Type: Article

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