Quality of life before and 6 weeks after treatment in a dermatological outpatient treatment unit

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1081-1085

  Maroti, M ^a   Ulff, Eva ^a   Wijma, B ^b  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interviews; Outpatients; Quality of life; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; JOB ADAPTATION; LEISURE; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 33748894921     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01704.x     Document Type: Article

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