Health-related quality of life among haemodialysis patients - Relationship with clinical indicators, morbidity and mortality

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 498-504

  Morsch, Cássia Maria ^a,c   Gonçalves, Luiz Felipe ^b   Barros, Elvino ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; End stage renal disease severity index; Haemodialysis; Health related quality of life; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645073021     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01349.x     Document Type: Article

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