Waiting for lung transplantation: Quality of life, mood, caregiving strain and benefit, and social intimacy of spouses

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 722-727

  Rodrigue, James R ^a   Baz, Maher A ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Lung transplant; Mood; Quality of life; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPOUSE;

AFFECT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 35848940296     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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