Evaluation of patient-perceived health status using the Medical Outcomes Survey Short-Form 36 in an intensive care unit population

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1466-1471

  Welsh, Carolyn H ^a   Thompson, Krista ^a   Long Krug, Sharon ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Critical care; Elderly; Health status; Inpatients; Intensive care; Mortality; Outcome assessment; Quality of life; Veterans hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; APACHE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORADO; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0032819626     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199908000-00011     Document Type: Article

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