Chronic renal failure: Assessing the Fatigue Severity Scale for use among caregivers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Schneider, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Chronic renal failure; End stage renal disease; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; COUNSELING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REST; SCALE UP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; COUNSELING; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESPITE CARE; REST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842312337     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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