Chronic pain and fatigue: Associations with religion and spirituality

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-388

  Baetz, Marilyn ^a   Bowen, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Coping; Psychophysiological; Psychosomatic; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACKACHE; CANADA; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RELIGION; REVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RELIGION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949429855     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/263751     Document Type: Review

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