Quality of life in caregivers providing care for lung transplant candidates

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-152

  Lefaiver, Cheryl A ^a   Keough, Vicki A ^b   Letizia, Marijo ^b   Lanuza, Dorothy M ^c  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 70349231012     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480901900208     Document Type: Article

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