A randomized, controlled trial of emotional disclosure in rheumatoid arthritis: Can clinician assistance enhance the effects?

Pain

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-172

  Keefe, Francis J ^a   Anderson, Timothy ^b   Lumley, Mark ^c   Caldwell, David ^a   Stainbrook, David ^b   Mckee, Daphne ^a   Waters, Sandra J ^a   Connelly, Mark ^a   Affleck, Glenn ^d   Pope, Mary Susan ^a   Weiss, Marianne ^b   Riordan, Paul A ^a   Uhlin, Brian D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Clinical trial; Clinician assisted disclosure; Disclosure; Emotional disclosure; Pain; Pain behavior; Psychological intervention; Randomized; Randomized trial; Rheumatoid arthritis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICIAN ASSISTED VERBAL EMOTIONAL DISCLOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE VERBAL EMOTIONAL DISCLOSURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISCLOSURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE;

EID: 44849101829     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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