Identification of domains relevant to health-related quality of life in patients undergoing major surgery

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 841-854

  Morris, Daniel B ^a   Wilson, Keith G ^a,b   Clinch, Jennifer J ^a   Ammerman, Darcy J ^a   Fergusson, Dean ^a   Graham, Ian D ^a,c   Porath, Amy J ^a   Offman, Alia ^a   Boland, Isabelle ^a   Watters, James ^d   Hébert, Paul C ^a,e  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Center   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Box 201 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Interviews; Qualitative research; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WELLBEING;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGERY;

EID: 33744481774     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-5506-8     Document Type: Article

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