Access and perceived need for physical and occupational therapy in chronic arthritis

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 1827-1832

  Feldman, Debbie Ehrmann ^a,c   Bernatsky, Sasha ^b   Lévesque, Jean Frédéric ^a,c   Van, My Tram ^b   Houde, Michelle ^c   April, Karine Toupin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arthritis; occupational therapy; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUEBEC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 77956931056     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638281003734417     Document Type: Article

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