The psychological defensive profile of primary Sjögren's syndrome patients and its relationship to health-related quality of life

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 485-493

  Hyphantis, T ^a   Mantis, D ^a   Voulgari, P V ^b   Tsifetaki, N ^b   Drosos, Alexandros A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Defense style questionnaire; Ego defense mechanisms; Hostility; Personality; Primary Sj gren's syndrome; Psychological distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVE STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EGO PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOIDISM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOMATIZATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052041871     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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