The impact of disease activity, pain, disability and treatments on fatigue in established rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 717-722

  Campbell, Richard Charles John ^a,b   Batley, Michael ^b   Hammond, Anthony ^b   Ibrahim, Fowzia ^a   Kingsley, Gabrielle ^a   Scott, David L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti TNF; DAS28; Disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs; Fatigue; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859774834     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1887-y     Document Type: Article

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