The subjective meaning of illness in severe otosclerosis: A descriptive study in three steps based on focus group interviews and written questionnaire

Scandinavian Audiology, Supplement

Volumn 25, Issue 43, 1996, Pages 34-44

  Eriksson Mangold, Maud ^a,b   Erlandsson, Soly I ^a   Jansson, Gunilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Gothenburg Coll of Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^c ENT Department   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Focus group interview; Otosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; OTOSCLEROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0029865477     PISSN: 01078593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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