Health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 235-241

  Ragnarson Tennvall, Gunnel ^a,b   Apelqvist, Jan ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amputation; EuroQol; Foot ulcer; Primary healing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033669226     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8727(00)00133-1     Document Type: Article

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