Rheumatoid arthritis patients' knowledge of the disease and its treatments: A descriptive study

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-44

  Mäkeläinen, Paula ^a,b,e   Vehvilainen Julkunen K ^a,c   Pietila A M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Rheumatism Foundation   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Kuopio Social and Health Care Centre   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Patient knowledge; Patient knowledge questionnaire; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549141736     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.138     Document Type: Article

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