Patient Barriers to Pain Management May Contribute to Poor Pain Control in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Fitzcharles, Mary Ann ^a,b   DaCosta, Deborah ^b   Ware, Mark A ^a   Shir, Yoram ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

barriers; Pain; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60849138786     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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