Venous leg ulcers and emotional consequences

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 194-196

  Souza Nogueira, Graziela ^a   Rodrigues Zanin, Carla ^a   Miyazaki, Maria Cristina O S ^a   Pereira De Godoy, José Maria ^a,b  

^a Sao Jose do Rio Preto University School of Medicine   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Venous ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 73449096796     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734609350548     Document Type: Article

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