The Role of Psychological and Behavioral Variables in Quality of Life and the Experience of Bodily Pain Among Persons Living with HIV

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-258

  Kowal, John ^a,b   Overduin, Lorraine Y ^a,b,c   Balfour, Louise ^a,b,c   Tasca, Giorgio A ^a,b,c   Corace, Kimberly ^a,c   Cameron, D William ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

bodily pain; coping; depression; HIV; multivariate analyses; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING;

EID: 49649097745     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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