Pain, fatigue and hand function closely correlated to work ability and employment status in systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1739-1746

  Sandqvist, Gunnel ^a   Scheja, Agneta ^a   Hesselstrand, Roger ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment; Systemic sclerosis; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORK;

EID: 77955738273     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq145     Document Type: Article

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