Everyday Life with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Implications for Patient Education and Clinical Practice: A Focus Group Study

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Kristiansen, Tine Mechlenborg ^a,b   Primdahl, Jette ^b   Antoft, Rasmus ^c   Hørslev Petersen, Kim ^d  

^a King Christian the Xth Hospital   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Everyday life; Focus group method; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857372780     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.224     Document Type: Article

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