Assessment of health-related quality of life in chronic dialysis patients with the COOP/WONCA charts

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Martín Díaz, Francisco ^a,c   Reig Ferrer, Abilio ^b   Ferrer Cascales, Rosario ^b  

^a Sanatorio Perpetuo Socorro   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Hospital Calahorra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; COOP WONCA charts; Health related quality of life, hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 33747241355     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093253     Document Type: Article

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