Economic, social, and psychological factors associated with health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in Northern Taiwan: A multicenter study

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Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Kao, Tze Wah ^b   Lai, Mei Shu ^c   Tsai, Tun Jun ^b   Jan, Chyi Feng ^b   Chie, Wei Chu ^c   Chen, Wan Yu ^a,b  

^a National Taiwan University Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Economic; Hemodialysis; Psychosocial; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH; HEMODIALYZERS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION;

DEPRESSION; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTHERN TAIWAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES;

DIALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 58649093107     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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