Psychophysiological responses to stress after stress management training in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  de Brouwer, Sabine J M ^a   Kraaimaat, Floris W ^a   Sweep, Fred C G J ^a   Donders, Rogier T ^a   Eijsbouts, Agnes ^b   van Koulil, Saskia ^a   van Riel, Piet L C M ^a   Evers, Andrea W M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82755165109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027432     Document Type: Article

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