Sense of humor and survival among a county cohort of patients with end-stage renal failure: A two-year prospective study

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-281

  Svebak, Sven ^a   Kristoffersen, Bjørn ^b   Aasarød, Knut ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mortality; Prospective; Renal failure; Sense of humor; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 33947540893     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EFDR-CMDW-X8MH-WKUD     Document Type: Article

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