Spiritual well-being in individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome: Relationships with symptom pattern variability, uncertainty, and psychosocial adaptation

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-22

  Anema, Cheryl ^a   Johnson, Mary ^b   Zeller, Janice M ^b   Fogg, Louis ^b   Zetterlund, Joan ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Fibromyalgia; Spiritual well being; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SELF CARE; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 67650477404     PISSN: 15416577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1541-6577.23.1.8     Document Type: Article

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