The possession of technical aids among persons with a somatic chronic disease

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 393-398

  Dekker, J ^a   Rijken, M ^b   Van Poppel, M ^c   De Bruin, A ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Rehabilitation Centre RA Stichting   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL AID;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 0038137276     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0963828021000058530     Document Type: Article

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