A review of instruments to assess illness representations in patients with rheumatic diseases

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Maas, M ^a   Taal, E ^b   Van Der Linden, S ^c   Boonen, A ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEDLINE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 61449227450     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.089888     Document Type: Review

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