Predictors for health related quality of life in persons 65 years or older with chronic heart failure

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-120

  Franzén, Kristofer ^a,b   Saveman, Britt Inger ^b   Blomqvist, Kerstin ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Elderly; Health related quality of life; Nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34248329588     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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