Patients on the waiting list for total hip replacement: A 1-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 536-542

  Bachrach Lindström, Margareta ^a   Karlsson, Susanne ^a   Pettersson, Lars Göran ^b   Johansson, Torsten ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Central Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Nottingham Health Profile; Osteoarthritis; Total hip replacement; Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 56049085386     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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