The experiences of midlife women with migraines

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-285

  Moloney, Margaret F ^a   Strickland, Ora L ^d   DeRossett, Sarah E ^b   Melby, Melissa K ^c   Dietrich, Alexa S ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Headaches; Midlife; Migraines; Perimenopause; Qualitative research; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMACTERIUM; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERIMENOPAUSE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; WOMEN;

EID: 33747444679     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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