Do spouses know how much fatigue, pain, and physical imitation their partners with rheumatoid arthritis experience? Implications for Social Support

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-127

  Lehman, Allen J ^a,c   Pratt, Daniel D ^b   Delongis, Anita ^b   Collins, John B ^b   Shojania, Kam ^b   Koehler, Barry ^b   Offer, Robert ^b   Esdaile, John M ^b  

^a ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Research Centre of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 79952223528     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20330     Document Type: Article

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