Measurement of fatigue in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and in asthma

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-133

  Small, Sandra P ^a   Lamb, Marianne ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Fatigue: Piper Fatigue Scale; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034164509     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(99)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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