Disease activity affects all domains of quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and is modified by disease duration

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 898-903

  Chiu, Ying Ming ^a   Lai, Mei Shu ^a   Lin, Hsiao Yi ^b   Lang, Hui Chu ^c   Lee, Lukas Jyuhn Hsiarn ^d   Wang, Jung Der ^e  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Quality of life; Rheumatoid arthritis; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925287383     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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