Health-related quality of life, treatment adherence, symptom experience and depression in adolescent renal transplant patients

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-223

  Dobbels, Fabienne ^a   Decorte, Anneloes ^b   Roskams, Ann ^a   Van Damme Lombaerts, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depression; Kidney transplantation; Quality of life; Symptom experience; Treatment adherence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ILLICIT DRUG; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAIR LOSS; HAND; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LIP; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOUTH; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 76449085096     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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