Prospective Quality-of-Life Monitoring of Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant Recipients Using the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 698-707

  Smith, Graeme C ^a   Trauer, Thomas ^a   Kerr, Peter G ^b   Chadban, Steven J ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

36 Item Short Form Health Survey (SF 36); Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ); prospective quality of life assessment; Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant; Transplant Evaluation Rating Scale (TERS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77949569770     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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