Self-care and quality of life among patients with heart failure

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 480-487

  Britz, Jody A ^a   Dunn, Karen S ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care management; Health promotion; Heart failure; Patient care outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956425374     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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