A Comparison of Two Spirituality Instruments and Their Relationship With Depression and Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-526

  Bekelman, David B ^a,b,e   Parry, Carla ^b   Curlin, Farr A ^c   Yamashita, Traci E ^b   Fairclough, Diane L ^b,d   Wamboldt, Frederick S ^b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; heart failure; measurement; quality of life; questionnaires; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY SPIRITUAL WELLBEING; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IRONSON WOODS SPIRITUALITY RELIGIOUSNESS INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77949428468     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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