An integrated chronic care program for patients with atrial fibrillation. Study protocol and methodology for an ongoing prospective randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1310-1316

  Hendriks, Jeroen M L ^a,b   de Wit, Rianne ^a,b   Vrijhoef, Hubertus J M ^a,b   Tieleman, Robert G ^c   Crijns, Harry J G M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Evidence based practice; Guideline adherence; Long term care; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77955922619     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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