A systematic comparison of fatigue levels in systemic sclerosis with general population, cancer and rheumatic disease samples

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1559-1563

  Thombs, Brett D ^a   Bassel, M ^a   Mcguire, L ^b   Smith, M T ^c   Hudson, M ^d   Haythornthwaite, J A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory; Systematic review; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 52949146043     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken331     Document Type: Review

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