Embitterment in patients with a rheumatic disease after a disability pension examination: Occurrence and potential determinants

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 308-314

  Blom, David ^a,b   Thomaes, Sander ^a   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^b   Geenen, Rinie ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Helplessness; Hostility; Musculoskeletal diseases; Sick leave; Social support; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERN EMBITTERMENT INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY PENSION EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; ILLNESS COGNITION QUESTIONNAIRE; ILLNESS INVALIDATION INVENTORY; JOB FINDING; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PENSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84901818884     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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