Measuring the Health Status of Patients with Vascular Leg Ulcers and the Burden for their Caregivers

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 613-618

  Tabolli, S ^a   Tinelli, G ^a   Guarnera, G ^a   Di Pietro, C ^a   Sampogna, F ^a   Abeni, D ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Chronic disease; Family Strain Questionnaire; Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL); SF 12; Vascular ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 34848851062     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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