Impact of fatigue on everyday life among older people with chronic heart failure

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Norberg, Eva Britt ^a,b   Boman, Kurt ^a,b   Löfgren, Britta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skelleftea County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Ageing; Fatigue; Occupational performance; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SWEDEN; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77949625534     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2009.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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