This Review discusses physiological, emotional, behavioural, and cognitive aspects of
psychological adjustment to chronic illness. Reviewing the reports of the past decade, we identify …

There is convincing evidence for the known and unambiguously accepted beneficial effects
of glucocorticoids at low dosages. However, the implementation of existing …

Modern iodinated contrast media (CM) consist of one or two tri-iodobenzene rings. They
differ from each other in the composition of the side chains, creating different molecules and …

The objective was to develop evidence -based recommendations and a research and educational
agenda for the non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). …

In this article, we describe the translation and validation of the Dutch Big Five Inventory (BFI;
John & Srivastava, 1999 ), a short instrument designed to measure the Big Five factors of …

Background Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a
significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These …

Pain is the predominant symptom for people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) and osteoarthritis
(OA) mandating the development of evidence-based recommendations for the health …

Pain-related avoidance factors and social resources, as assessed by pain coping and social
support, are supposed to have lasting effects on functional disability and pain in chronic …

Objective To develop evidence-based European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology
(EULAR) points to consider (PtCs) for the management of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid …

Objective Patients with fibromyalgia have difficulty with the invisibility and medically unexplained
character of the syndrome. Disbelief, lack of acceptance, and stigmatization by their …