Open AccessGood pain, bad pain: illness perception and physician attitudes towards rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia patients
Author(s) -
Valerie Aloush,
Daiv,
Jacob N Ablin,
Iris Yaish,
Ori Elkayam,
Odelia Elkana
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and experimental rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1593-098X
pISSN - 0392-856X
DOI - 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/u1nbxz
Subject(s) - medicine , fibromyalgia , rheumatoid arthritis , rheumatology , physical therapy , empathy , disease , severity of illness , psychiatry
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) are common diagnoses encountered in rheumatology practice, but do not enjoy the same status. We aimed to examine physician's illness perceptions regarding these two rheumatologic disorders and to evaluate how they correlate with their relationship with these patients.