Cross-sectional validity of a modified Edmonton symptom assessment system in dialysis patients: A simple assessment of symptom burden

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1621-1625

  Davison, S N ^a,b   Jhangri, G S ^a   Johnson, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b 11 107 Clinical Sciences Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Expansion; Pain; Symptoms; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DIALYSIS QUALITY OF LIFE SHORT FORM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 33646529151     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000184     Document Type: Article

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