It's like a juggling act: Rheumatoid arthritis patient perspectives on daily life and flare while on current treatment regimes

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 696-703

  Flurey, Caroline A ^a   Morris, Marianne ^a   Richards, Pam ^b   Hughes, Rodney ^c   Hewlett, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily life; Flare; Help seeking; Impact; Interviews; Qualitative; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

DAILY LIFE; FLARE; HELP-SEEKING; IMPACT; INTERVIEWS; QUALITATIVE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84897834951     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket416     Document Type: Article

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