Evaluation of five search strategies in retrieving qualitative patient-reported electronic data on the impact of pressure ulcers on quality of life

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 645-652

  Gorecki, Claudia A ^a   Brown, Julia M ^a   Briggs, Michelle ^a   Nixon, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic data; Pressure ulcers; Qualitative approaches; Quality of life; Search strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEG ULCER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LEG ULCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77449084857     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05192.x     Document Type: Article

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