The effects of coping, social support, attribution and cognitive illness representation on outcome measures of pain, disability and psychological well-being in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

This study investigates the psychosocial aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA),a chronic debilitating disease. It explores the quality of life in a low socio-economic group of clinic-based adult RA patients. The aims of the study were as follows: (1) to assess the impact of both socio-demographic and...

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Main Author: Naidoo, Pamela.
Other Authors: Lindegger, Graham Charles.
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3104