Satisfaction and attitudes toward therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 376-381

  Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Sasaki, Kaneshige ^a,b   Nishiyama, Takeshi ^a   Naniwa, Taio ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

HAQ; Patient attitude; Rheumatoid arthritis; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STANFORD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865357069     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-011-0531-7     Document Type: Article

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