Patient evaluation of a novel patient education leaflet about heart disease risk among people with rheumatoid arthritis

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 194-199

  John, Holly ^a,b   Hale, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Treharne, Gareth J ^c   Korontzis, Konstandinos ^a   Obrenovic, Karen ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^b   Kitas, George D ^a,d  

^a DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Patient education; Patient information leaflet; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK;

EID: 82155170693     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.207     Document Type: Article

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