Determinants of the quality of life (QoL) in patients with an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 411-416

  Godemann, F ^a   Butter, C ^b   Lampe, F ^a   Linden, M ^c   Werner, S ^a   Behrens, S ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BfA Rehabilitation Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD); Quality of life (QoL); SF 36; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEG; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCIENCE; SOMATIZATION; SURVIVAL; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMIA; BERLIN; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 1642327084     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000018493.32844.56     Document Type: Article

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