Subjective quality of life of community living Sudanese psychiatric patients: Comparison with family caregivers' impressions and control group

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1855-1867

  Awadalla, A W ^a   Ohaeri, J U ^b   Salih, A A ^c   Tawfiq, A M ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^c Khartoum Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Life; Psychiatric; Quality; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUDAN;

CAREGIVERS; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUDAN;

EID: 24644468245     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-4328-z     Document Type: Article

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