Do clinical and social factors predict quality of life in leg ulceration?

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Franks, Peter J ^a   Moffatt, Christine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical predictors; Health related quality of life; Leg ulceration; Nottingham Health Profile; Social class; Sociodemographics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750700824     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734606293786     Document Type: Article

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