Social aspects of living with rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative descriptive study in Soweto, South Africa - A low resource context

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Schneider, Marguerite ^a,b   Manabile, Esther ^a,c   Tikly, Mohammed ^d  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c South African Qualifications Authority   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PAIN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL LIFE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 49249085496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-54     Document Type: Article

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