Purpose in life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 899-908

  Verduin, Pieter J M ^a   de Bock, Geertruida H ^b   Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P M ^c   Peeters, Andreas J ^d   Verhoef, John ^c   Otten, Wilma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Arthritis; Health status indicators; Personal satisfaction; Psychological; Quality of life; Rheumatoid; Value of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OPTIMISM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING TEST; PURPOSE IN LIFE TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAND 36; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 45049084444     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0822-8     Document Type: Article

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