Quality of life and economic burden of illness in very early arthritis. A population based study in Southern Sweden

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1717-1722

  Söderlin, Maria K ^a   Kautiainen, Hannu ^b   Skogh, Thomas ^c   Leirisalo Repo, Marjatta ^d  

^a Växjö Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^b RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arthritis impact measurement scales; Euroqol; Health related quality of life; Reactive arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST OF ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWEDEN;

EID: 4444338824     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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