Predictors of disability in Taiwanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 2989-2996

  Lee, Hui Chen ^a   Tsai, Yun Fang ^b   Luo, Shue Fen ^c   Tsay, Pei Kwei ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Nurses; Nursing; Rheumatoid arthritis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650468483     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03335.x     Document Type: Article

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