Use of healthcare a long time after severe burn injury; relation to perceived health and personality characteristics

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 863-870

  Wikehult, B ^a,b   Willebrand, M ^a,b   Kildal, M ^a,b   Lannerstam, K ^a   Fugl Meyer, A R ^b   Ekselius, L ^b   Gerdin, Bengt ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burns; Follow up studies; Personality; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ASSERTIVENESS; BURN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22744433582     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500030753     Document Type: Review

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