Uncertainty and Opportunities in Patients with Established Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Qualitative Study

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Mattsson, M ^a,b   Moller B ^b   Stamm, T ^c,d   Gard, G ^a,e   Bostrom C ^f  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Fachhochschule Campus Wien   (Austria)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Everyday life; Qualitative study; SLE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNCERTAINTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84857372763     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.220     Document Type: Article

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