Health-related quality of life and its predictors among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-183

  Wan, Su Wei ^a   He, Hong Gu ^b   Mak, Anselm ^a   Lahiri, Manjari ^a   Luo, Nan ^c   Cheung, Peter P ^a   Wang, Wenru ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Pain; Predictors; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960933092     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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