Q-methodology to identify young adult renal transplant recipients at risk for nonadherence

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 700-706

  Tielen, Mirjam ^a   Van Staa, Anne Loes ^b,c   Jedeloo, Susan ^c   Van Exel, N Job A ^b   Weimar, Willem ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Nonadherence; Patient professional interaction; Q methodology; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOUSING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 40849085212     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318166163e     Document Type: Article

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