Strong association of health literacy with functional status among rheumatoid arthritis patients: A cross-sectional study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 508-514

  Caplan, Liron ^a   Wolfe, Frederick ^b   Michaud, Kaleb ^c,d   Quinzanos, Itziar ^a   Hirsh, Joel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE ITEM LITERACY SCREENING;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896994064     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22165     Document Type: Article

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