Illness beliefs among patients with chronic widespread pain - associations with self-reported health status, anxiety and depressive symptoms and impact of pain

Abstract Background Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is a disabling condition associated with a decrease in health. Illness beliefs are individual and are acquired during life. Constraining beliefs may prevent patients from regaining health. Understanding these patients’ illness beliefs may be a way to...

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Main Authors: P Järemo, M Arman, B Gerdle, B Larsson, K Gottberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Psychology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-017-0192-1