Health-related quality of life of day-case surgery patients: A pre/posttest survey using the EuroQoL-5D

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a,b   Virtanen, Heli ^b   Heikkinen, Katja ^b   Johansson, Kirsi ^b   Kaljonen, Anne ^b   Leppänen, Tiina ^c   Salanterä, Sanna ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^b  

^a Forssa Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Day case surgery patient; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37749031833     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9292-3     Document Type: Article

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