Health-related quality of life and mental health problems after a disaster: Are chronically ill survivors more vulnerable to health problems?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1571-1576

  Van Den Berg, Bellis ^a,b   Van Der Velden, Peter G ^c   Joris Yzermans, C ^d   Stellato, Rebecca K ^a   Grievink, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Disasters; Longitudinal studies; Mental health; Quality of life; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33751410598     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0033-9     Document Type: Article

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