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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-07-01
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Series: | BMC Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-017-0192-1 |