Quality of life in partners of people with congestive heart failure: Gender and involvement in care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1442-1451

  Luttik, Marie Louise ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   Lesman, Ivonne ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Hagedoorn, Mariët ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Gender; Nursing; Partners; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 66749134110     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05004.x     Document Type: Article

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