Co-morbid pain conditions and feelings of invalidation and isolation among women with vulvodynia

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 589-598

  Nguyen, Ruby H N ^a   Ecklund, Ali M ^a   MacLehose, Richard F ^a   Veasley, Christin ^b   Harlow, Bernard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b National Vulvodynia Association   (United States)

Author keywords

co morbidity; invalidation; isolation; vulvodynia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; VULVODYNIA; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865038096     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.647703     Document Type: Article

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