Prevalence of chronic wounds in Quebec home care: An exploratory study

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 46-57

  Rodrigues, Isabel ^a   Mégie, Marie Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BED REST; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745778962     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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