Distressed personality is associated with lower psychological well-being and life satisfaction, but not disability or disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 661-667

  Klaassen, Kim ^a   Nyklíček, Ivan ^a   Traa, Simone ^b   De Nijs, Ron ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Regional Rheumatic Center ZO Brabant   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Distressed (type D) personality; Mindfulness; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TYPE D PERSONALITY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859756576     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1905-0     Document Type: Article

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