Quality of life in people with venous leg ulcers: An integrative review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 926-944

  González Consuegra, Renata Virginia ^a   Verdú, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charing Cross Venous Leg Ulcer Questionnaire; Instrument validation; Integrative review; Nursing; Quality of life measurement; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79954573125     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05568.x     Document Type: Review

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