Assessment of health-related quality of life in patients treated with hemodialysis in Serbia: Influence of comorbidity, age, and income

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-60

  Stojanovic, Miomir ^a   Stefanovic, Vladisav ^a  

^a University Clinical Center Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Age; Comorbid conditions; Health survey SF 36; Health related quality of life (HRQoL); Hemodialysis; Income; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMODIALYZERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

AGE; CO-MORBID CONDITIONS; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY SF-36; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; INCOME; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DIALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VARIANCE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33845901791     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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