It Means Everything: Continuing Normality of Everyday Life for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Early Remission

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 162-170

  Kristiansen, T M ^a,c   Primdahl, J ^a,c   Antoft, R ^b   Horslev Petersen K ^a  

^a King Christian the Xth Hospital   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Everyday life; Focus group; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865547331     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1013     Document Type: Article

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