Qualitative interviews vs standardized self-report questionnaires in assessing quality of life in heart transplant recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 963-966

  Abbey, Susan E ^a   De Luca, Enza ^a   Mauthner, Oliver E ^a   McKeever, Patricia ^b   Shildrick, Margrit ^c   Poole, Jennifer M ^d   Gewarges, Mena ^a   Ross, Heather J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

audio visual methodology; phenomenology; qualitative interviews; quality of life; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; TRANSPLANTATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79959945477     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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