Coping strategies of people with kidney transplants

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-52

  Lindqvist, Ragny ^a   Carlsson, Marianne ^b   Sjödén, Per Olow ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; General population; Jalowiec Coping Scale; Kidney transplant; Nursing; Patients

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY GRAFT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0347600683     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02859.x     Document Type: Article

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