Quality of life for patients living with ostomies: Influence of contact with an ostomy nurse

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-653

  Aronovitch, Sharon A ^a   Sharp, Robbie ^b   Harduar Morano, Laurel ^c  

^a EXCELSIOR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Bittinger and Sharp   (United States)

^c Office of Environmental Public Health Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STOMA; UNITED STATES;

BODY IMAGE; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OSTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78651491724     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0b013e3181f90d16     Document Type: Article

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