Symptom assessment in community-dwelling older adults with advanced chronic disease

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Walke, Lisa M ^a   Byers, Amy L ^b   McCorkle, Ruth ^c   Fried, Terri R ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Community dwelling adults; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; THOUGHT DISORDER; WEAKNESS;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 31344439193     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.05.014     Document Type: Article

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