Psychometric Properties of the Swedish Rheumatic Disease Empowerment Scale, SWE-RES-23

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-109

  Arvidsson, Susann ^a   Bergman, Stefan ^a   Arvidsson, Barbro ^b,c   Fridlund, Bengt ^d   Tingström, Pia ^e  

^a Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Psychometric properties; Rheumatic disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SWEDEN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861896415     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1005     Document Type: Article

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