Correlations between spiritual beliefs and health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in taiwan

Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 576-579

  Kao, Tze Wah ^a,b   Chen, Pau Chung ^b   Hsieh, Chia Jung ^b   Chiang, Hong Wei ^c   Tsang, Lap Yuen ^d   Yang, Ing Fang ^e   Tsai, Tun Jun ^a   Chen, Wan Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Far Eastern Polyclinic   (Taiwan)

^d CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Yan Chai Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Quality of life; Spiritual beliefs

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEMODIALYZERS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; CLINICAL DATA; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; LABORATORY DATUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUAL BELIEF;

DIALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRENGTH; TAIWAN;

EID: 67650786772     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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