Quality of life perceptions of hospitalized patients

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 399-401

  Yaman, Gülnur ^a   Karan, Ayse ^a   Karan, M Akif ^a,b   Erten, Nilgün ^a   Aksoy, Cihan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0346270695     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2003.399     Document Type: Article

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