Fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: British and Dutch nurses' knowledge, attitudes and management

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 901-911

  Repping Wuts, Han ^a   Hewlett, Sarah ^b   Van Riel, Piet ^a   Van Achterberg, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Fatigue; Knowledge; Management; Nursing; Questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649114198     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04904.x     Document Type: Article

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