Relationship between multimorbidity and health-related quality of life of patients in primary care

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Fortin, Martin ^a,b   Bravo, Gina ^a   Hudon, Catherine ^a   Lapointe, Lise ^a   Almirall, José ^a   Dubois, Marie France ^a   Vanasse, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Unité de Médecine de Famille   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Family medicine; Health related quality of life; Multimorbidity or comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 30744449973     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-8661-z     Document Type: Article

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