Correlates of quality of life in primary care patients with hypertension

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-497

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Gross, Revital ^a   Tabenkin, Hava ^b   Porath, Avi ^b   Heymann, Anthony ^c   Porter, Boaz ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disease management; Health behaviors; Health status; Illness representations; Knowledge; Satisfaction with medical care; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ISRAEL; MENTAL STRESS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STATISTICS;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250315380     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/2W72-7758-2227-8H45     Document Type: Article

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