Association between helplessness, disability, and disease activity with health-related quality of life among rheumatoid arthritis patients in a multiethnic Asian population

Rheumatology International

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1085-1093

  Kwan, Yu Heng ^a   Koh, Ee Tzun ^b   Leong, Khai Pang ^b   Wee, Hwee Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Factors; Psychosocial techniques; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DISABILITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36; SINGAPORE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84904856052     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2938-2     Document Type: Article

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