Self-management of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A randomised controlled trial of group cognitive-behavioural therapy

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1060-1067

  Hewlett, Sarah ^a,b   Ambler, Nick ^c   Almeida, Celia ^a   Cliss, Alena ^a   Hammond, Alison ^d   Kitchen, Karen ^b   Knops, Bev ^c   Pope, Denise ^b   Spears, Melissa ^e   Swinkels, Annette ^a   Pollock, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955852867     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.144691     Document Type: Article

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