Concepts of functioning and health important to people with systemic sclerosis: A qualitative study in four European countries

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1074-1079

  Stamm, Tanja A ^a,b   Mattsson, Malin ^c,d   Mihai, Carina ^e   Stöcker, Juliane ^f   Binder, Alexa ^a   Bauernfeind, Bettina ^a   Stummvoll, Georg ^a   Gard, Gunvor ^d   Hesselstrand, Roger ^g   Sandqvist, Gunnel ^g   Draghicescu, Oana ^e   Gherghe, Ana Maria ^e   Voicu, Malina ^h   MacHold, Klaus P ^a   Distler, Oliver ^f   Smolen, Josef S ^a   Boström, Carina ⁱ  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROMANIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SUPPORT GROUP; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROMANIA; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955795750     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.148767     Document Type: Article

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