Illness behavior in patients with musculoskeletal disease

[摘要] This PhD thesis studies the influence of psychological factors in illness behavior in different hand and upper extremity conditions,encountered in the practice of a hand surgeon. The importance of the language used by the patient and the amount of shared,decision making in an orthopaedic practice is investigated. This thesis focuses also on questionnaires which are administered,to measure these psychological factors and to create and validate shorter questionnaires.

[发布机构] University of Amterdam