Impact of inguinal hernia repair on family and other informal caregivers

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 925-930

  Witt, Whitney Perkins ^a   Gibbs, James ^a   Wang, Jia ^b   Giobbie Hurder, Anita ^b   Edelman, Perry ^c   McCarthy Jr , Martin ^a   Neumayer, Leigh ^d,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

^c Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; FAMILY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL MESH; VETERANS;

EID: 33748792258     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.9.925     Document Type: Article

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