Which cognitions and behaviours mediate the positive effect of cognitive behavioural therapy on fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis?

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-213

  Knoop, H ^a   Van Kessel, K ^b   Moss Morris, R ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; fatigue; illness perceptions; mediation analysis; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION THERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82555173062     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000924     Document Type: Article

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