Health-related quality of life in outpatients of a psychosomatic medicine clinic: A pilot survey in Japan

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 135-141

  Kimura, Tomoaki ^a,b,d   Nakamura, Junichi ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MOA Health Science Foundation   (Japan)

^c MOA Nakamura Clinic

^d MOA Health Science Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Psychosomatic medicine; Quality of life; SF 36 questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD DISEASE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 13444280122     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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