A Cross-Cultural Study of Pain Intensity in Egyptian and Dutch Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 730-736

  Vlaar, Alexander P J ^a   ten Klooster, Peter M ^b   Taal, Erik ^b   Gheith, Rasha E ^c   El Garf, Ayman K ^c   Rasker, Johannes J ^b   van de Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; graphic rating scale; pain; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EGYPT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAPHIC RATING SCALE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548436035     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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