For better and for worse: Quality of life impaired in HF patients as well as in their partners

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-14

  Luttik, Marie Louise ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   Veeger, Nic J G M ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality of Life; Spouses; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 13844255556     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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