Quality of life in chronic disease: A comparison between patients with heart failure and patients with aphasia after stroke

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1855-1860

  Franzén Dahlin, Åsa ^a   Karlsson, Monica Rydell ^b   Mejhert, Märit ^c   Laska, Ann Charlotte ^b  

^a Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aphasia and stroke; Heart failure; Nurses; Nursing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 77955937856     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03219.x     Document Type: Article

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