Predictors of coping in a group of Turkish patients with physical disability

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 983-993

  Kara, Belgüzar ^a   Açikel, Cengiz Han ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coping; Nurses; Nursing; Physical disability; Social support; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858289877     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03890.x     Document Type: Article

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