Psychological control is a key modulator of fibromyalgia symptoms and comorbidities

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 463-471

  Malin, Katrina ^a   Littlejohn, Geoffrey Owen ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; Fibromyalgia; Mastery; Psychological; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTERY SCALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED CONTROL OF INTERNAL STATES SCALE; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE;

EID: 84874999851     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S37056     Document Type: Article

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