Breaking the vicious circle of fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1020-1027

  Falk, Kristin ^a   Granger, Bradi B ^b   Swedberg, Karl ^a   Ekman, Inger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Fatigue; Grounded theory; Symptom experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY; FATIGUE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MENTAL FUNCTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMNOLENCE; STRENGTH;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34848875694     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307306914     Document Type: Article

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