Impact of impaired morning function on the lives and well-being of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 125, 2011, Pages 6-11

  Da Silva, Joséé António P ^a   Phillips, S ^b   Buttgereit, F ^c  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Ipsos   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; ADOLESCENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISABLED PERSONS; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955594995     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2011.566434     Document Type: Article

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