Trajectories of illness in stage 5 chronic kidney disease: A longitudinal study of patient symptoms and concerns in the last year of life

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1580-1590

  Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a   Sheerin, Neil S ^b   Addington Hall, Julia ^c   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LIFE CYCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE SHORT FORM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE OUTCOME SCALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960339991     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.09021010     Document Type: Article

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