Changes over 6-months in health-related quality of life in a matched sample of hispanics and non-hispanics with heart failure

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 689-698

  Riegel, Barbara ^a   Carlson, Beverly ^d   Glaser, Dale ^b   Romero, Tomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Science and Engineering Group Inc   (United States)

^c SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d University of Pennsylvania ^*

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Hispanic; Latino; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0041328705     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025132623647     Document Type: Article

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