The experience of fatigue among elderly women with chronic heart failure

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-295

  Hägglund, Lena ^a,b   Boman, Kurt ^a,b   Lundman, Berit ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skellefteå County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Elderly women; Fatigue; Narratives

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTENTION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WOMEN;

EID: 55649112262     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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