Perceived sexual difficulties and associated factors in patients with heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-251

  Hoekstra, Tialda ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a,b   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a   Lesman Leegte, Ivonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LADDER OF LIFE SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINNESOTA LIVING WITH HEART FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; WELLBEING;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPOUSES;

EID: 84856559405     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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