Work instability and financial loss in early inflammatory arthritis

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 546-553

  Looper, Karl J ^a   Mustafa, Sally S ^a   Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^a   Purden, Margaret ^a   Baron, Murray ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Financial loss; Inflammatory arthritis; Pain; Physical functioning; Work instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL LOSS QUESTIONNAIRE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WORK INSTABILITY SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK DISABILITY; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871452198     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.12009     Document Type: Article

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