Women with irritable bowel syndrome and their perception of a good quality of life

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-82

  Bengtsson, Mariette ^a,b   Ohlsson, Bodil ^a,b   Ulander, Kerstin ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WOMEN;

EID: 34247388534     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SGA.0000267924.24180.1a     Document Type: Article

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