Formal education and five-year mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: Mediation by helplessness scale scores

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 463-472

  Callahan, Leigh F ^a   Cordray, David S ^c   Wells, George ^d   Pincus, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Helplessness; Mortality; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988233570     PISSN: 0004-3591     EISSN: 1529-0131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790090608     Document Type: Article

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