Women’s accounts of help-seeking in early rheumatoid arthritis from symptom onset to diagnosis
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A qualitative interview study: patient accounts of medication use in early rheumatoid arthritis from symptom onset to early postdiagnosis
OBJECTIVE To examine accounts of medication use in participants with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from symptom onset to early postdiagnosis. DESIGN Qualitative study with in-depth, personal interviews. PARTICIPANTS 37 women and one man, aged 30-70s, with a diagnosis of RA <12 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Participants' experiences and feelings of medication use in early RA. SETTING Br...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chronic Illness
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1742-3953,1745-9206
DOI: 10.1177/1742395314520769