Four different patterns of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis patients: Results of a Q-sort study

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2191-2199

  Nikolaus, Stephanie ^a   Bode, Christina ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   van de Laar, Mart A F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Patient perspective; Q methodology; Q sort; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VARIMAX ROTATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; Q-SORT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78649363591     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq210     Document Type: Article

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