Experiences and perspectives of adults living with systemic lupus erythematosus: Thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1752-1765

  Sutanto, Bernadet ^a   Singh Grewal, Davinder ^b   McNeil, H Patrick ^c   O'Neill, Sean ^c   Craig, Jonathan C ^a   Jones, Julie ^b   Tong, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSTHYMIA; EMPOWERMENT; FATIGUE; FEMININITY; GUILT; HAIR LOSS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOINT SWELLING; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEISURE; LIBIDO; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PAIN; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL LIFE; STIGMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84887053898     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22032     Document Type: Review

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