Illness perceptions in dialysis patients and their association with quality of life

Psychology and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 679-690

  Timmers, Lucie ^a   Thong, Melissa ^a   Dekker, Friedo W ^a   Boeschoten, Elisabeth W ^b   Heijmans, Monique ^c   Rijken, Mieke ^c   Weinman, John ^d   Kaptein, Ad ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Hans Mak Institute   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Haemodialysis; Illness perceptions; Outcome; Peritoneal dialysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

DIALYSIS; HAEMODIALYSIS; ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS; OUTCOME; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 47249162837     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320701246535     Document Type: Article

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