Effects of a care protocol on care outcomes in older nursing home patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 870-876

  Lee, Diana T F ^a,b   Lee, Iris F K ^a   Mackenzie, Ann E ^a   Ho, Rosalie N L ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community nursing; COPD; Nursing home; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WELLBEING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036252469     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50213.x     Document Type: Article

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