Psychological health and wellâ•’being in systemic sclerosis: State of the science and
consensus research agenda<link hre Page 1 Psychological Health and Well-Being in Systemic …

The literature on chronic diseases recognizes the role of illness cognition as a mediator
between stress and illness. Few conceptualizations and instruments, however, give an …

Objective To examine the longitudinal association between coping and psychological
distress in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Bibliographic databases up to July 2010 were …

It is widely accepted that psychosocial prognostic factors should be addressed by clinicians
in their assessment and management of patient suffering from low back pain (LBP). On the …

Objective. Nonadherence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using disease modifying
antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) may result in unnecessarily high levels of disease activity and …

Objective The treatment of patients with fibromyalgia (FM), a high‐prevalence chronic pain
condition with a high impact on both patients and society, poses a great challenge to …

Smulders E, Weerdesteyn V, Groen BE, Duysens J, Eijsbouts A, Laan R, van Lankveld W.
Efficacy of a short multidisciplinary falls prevention program for elderly persons with …

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of depressive symptoms is high in patients with systemic sclerosis
(SSc, scleroderma). This study was conducted to determine which disease-related and …

Objective To assess the effect of a group-based intervention on the balance between
necessity beliefs and concern beliefs about medication and on medication non-adherence in …

Coping flexibility may be beneficial for the adjustment in the context of a progressive and
unpredictable course of chronic rheumatic diseases. The aim of this study was to develop and …