Ego defense mechanisms in COPD: Impact on health-related quality of life and dyspnoea severity

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1401-1410

  Albuquerque, Saulo C ^a   Carvalho, Eduardo R ^a   Lopes, Rebeka S ^a   Marques, Higor S ^a   Macêdo, Danielle S ^a   Pereira, Eanes D ^a   Hyphantis, Thomas N ^b,c   Carvalho, Andre F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultation liaison psychiatry; COPD; Defense style questionnaire; Dyspnoea; Personality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DYSPNEA; EGO; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DYSPNEA; EGO; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857088049     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9884-9     Document Type: Article

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