"Here we're all in the same boat" - A qualitative study of group based rehabilitation for sick-listed citizens with chronic pain

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 333-342

  Andersen, Lotte Nygaard ^a   Kohberg, Maria ^a   Herborg, Lene Gram ^b   Søgaard, Karen ^a   Roessler, Kirsten Kaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Senior Citizen and Health Department Social and Health Affairs Municipality of Sonderborg   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain Self management Program; Group based interventions; Musculoskeletal; Sick listed; Tailored physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84904115807     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12121     Document Type: Article

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