Mental disturbances and perceived complexity of nursing care in medical inpatients: Results from a European study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-363

  De Jonge, Peter ^a   Zomerdijk, Marieke M ^a   Huyse, Frits J ^a   Fink, Per ^b   Herzog, Thomas ^c   Lobo, Antonio ^d   Slaets, Joris P J ^e   Arolt, Volker ^f   Balogh, Nandor ^g   Cardoso, Graca ^h   Rigatelli, Marco ⁱ  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Dept Psychosom and Psychol Med ^*  (Germany)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g Institute of Cardiology   (Hungary)

^h HOSPITAL FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anxiety; Case management; Depression; Internal medicine; Length of stay (LOS); Nursing care complexity; Somatization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; CASE MANAGEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 18044404730     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01983.x     Document Type: Article

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