Quality of life of elderly patients after treatment in the ICU

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 212-221

  Kleinpell, Ruth M ^a   Ferrans, Carol E ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care elderly; Aged; Intensive care treatment of the elderly; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APACHE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036617061     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10035     Document Type: Article

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