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Pain disability among older adults with arthritis
Author(s)Nadine T James, Carl W Miller, Kathleen C Brown
Journal titleJournal of Aging and Health, vol 17, no 1, February 2005
Pagespp 56-69
Sourcehttp://www.sagepub.com
KeywordsArthritis ; Rheumatism ; Pain ; Ill health ; United States of America.
AnnotationAnswers to two research questions were sought: does psychological distress reliably predict pain disability, and do certain theoretically important host, sociodemographic and health-related factors reliably predict pain disability? Descriptive, univariate and multivariate regression analyses were used to assess key psychosocial, disease and host factors in a sample of 141 Americans aged 50+ with arthritis. Psychological distress, overall health, disease activity and disease self-efficacy were found to predict pain disability. Sample members with greater pain disability experienced heightened psychological distress, poorer perception of their overall health, more surgeries, higher unemployment, more intense disease activity, longer disease duration, and lower disease self-efficacy. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-050209208 A
ClassmarkCLA: CLR: CT7: CH: 7T

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