Dyspnea and quality of life indicators in hospice patients and their caregivers

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Moody, Linda E ^a   McMillan, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEX RATIO; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4243065009     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-9     Document Type: Article

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