Self-evaluations of tuberculosis patients about their illnesses at Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Turkey

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 626-631

  Aslan, D ^a   Altintas H ^a   Emri, S ^a   Cesuroglu T ^a   Kotan, O ^a   Koyuncu, S ^a   Malcok O ^a   Meral, A ^a   Ozcan S ^a   Sarinc S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inpatient; Self evaluation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EID: 3242729355     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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