Clinimetric evaluations of patients with chronic widespread pain

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-270

  Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^b   Ciapetti, Alessandro ^a   Atzeni, Fabiola ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment tools; Chronic widespread pain; Clinimetric properties; Fibromyalgia; Health related quality of life; Pain scales

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN; DESCRIPTIVE VERBAL SCALE; FACES PAIN SCALE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAPHIC RATING SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP QUALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL NUMERIC SCALE;

EID: 81355147153     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: 15321770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2011.01.004     Document Type: Review

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