Leg ulceration in Portugal: Quality of life

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Furtado, Katia ^a   Pina, Elaine ^b   Moffatt, Christine J ^c   Franks, Peter J ^c  

^a Ministerio da Saude Portuguese   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic leg ulcer; Healing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749097694     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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