Diabetes mellitus patients' family caregivers' subjective quality of life

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 727-736

  Awadalla, Abdel W ^a,b   Ohaeri, Jude U ^a,c   Al Awadi, Shafika A ^a,c   Tawfiq, Adel M ^a,c  

^a Kuwait University ^*

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Diabetes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDAN;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDAN;

EID: 33646530063     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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