Differences in quality of life of hemodialysis patients between dialysis centers

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Mazairac, Albert H A ^a   Grooteman, Muriel P C ^b,c   Blankestijn, Peter J ^a   Lars Penne, E ^a,b   Van Der Weerd, Neelke C ^a,b   Den Hoedt, Claire H ^a,d   Van Den Dorpel, Marinus A ^d   Buskens, Erik ^e   Nubé, Menso J ^b,c   Ter Wee, Piet M ^b,c   Ardine De Wit, G ^a,f   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Center differences; Dialysis staff encouragement; Hemodialysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84863611249     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9942-3     Document Type: Article

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