Health-related quality of life and stages of heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-244

  Azevedo, Ana ^a,b   Bettencourt, Paulo ^b   Alvelos, Margarida ^b   Martins, Elisabete ^a   Abreu Lima, Cassiano ^a   Hense, Hans Werner ^c   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congestive; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Heart failure; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 50349089546     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.091     Document Type: Article

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