Patients' experiences of living with peripheral arterial disease awaiting intervention: A qualitative study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 851-862

  Wann Hansson, C ^a   Hallberg, I R ^a,b   Klevsgard R ^a   Andersson, E ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Nursing; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 26244443445     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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