Patient disease perceptions and coping strategies for arthritis in a developing nation: A qualitative study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Niu, Nina N ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^e,f   Bogart, Laura M ^b,c   Thornhill, Thomas S ^a   Abreu, Luis ^d   Ghazinouri, Roya ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud   (Dominican Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOMEMAKING AND THE FAMILY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053581154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-228     Document Type: Article

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