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Do spouses know how much fatigue, pain, and physical limitation their partners with rheumatoid arthritis experience? Implications for social support†

  1. Allen J. Lehman1,*,
  2. Daniel D. Pratt2,
  3. Anita DeLongis2,
  4. John B. Collins2,
  5. Kam Shojania2,§,
  6. Barry Koehler2,
  7. Robert Offer2,
  8. John M. Esdaile3

Article first published online: 28 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1002/acr.20330

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Arthritis Care & Research

Arthritis Care & Research

Volume 63, Issue 1, pages 120–127, January 2011

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Lehman, A. J., Pratt, D. D., DeLongis, A., Collins, J. B., Shojania, K., Koehler, B., Offer, R. and Esdaile, J. M. (2011), Do spouses know how much fatigue, pain, and physical limitation their partners with rheumatoid arthritis experience? Implications for social support. Arthritis Care Res, 63: 120–127. doi: 10.1002/acr.20330

Author Information

  1. 1

    Simon Fraser University, and The Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  2. 2

    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

  3. 3

    University of British Columbia and The Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  1. §

    Dr. Shojania has received consultancy fees, speaking fees, and/or honoraria (less than $10,000 each) from Roche Canada, Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada, Abbott Canada, and Schering Canada.

*Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, 895 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L7, Canada

  1. †

    Presented by Dr. Lehman in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a PhD degree, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 DEC 2010
  2. Article first published online: 28 DEC 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 18 AUG 2010 02:50PM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 10 AUG 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 MAR 2009

Funded by

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research award
  • Canadian Arthritis Network Graduate Student award
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Graduate Student award
  • Pfizer Fellowship in Arthritis Research

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