Symptom clusters in fibromyalgia: Potential utility in patient assessment and treatment evaluation

Nursing Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-367

  Rutledge, Dana N ^a,b,c   Mouttapa, Michele ^a   Wood, Patrick B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Angler Biomedical Technologies LLC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; Fibromyalgia; Outcome assessment; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349577815     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181b499d2     Document Type: Article

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