The impact of the severity of disease and social disadvantage on quality of life in families with congenital cardiac disease

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-75

  Goldbeck, Lutz ^a   Melches, Juliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Parents; Psychosocial aspects; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 32044439122     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105002118     Document Type: Article

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