The experience of fatigue as a distressing symptom of heart failure

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 484-491

  Jones, Jacqueline ^a   McDermott, Carrie M ^a   Nowels, Carolyn T ^b,c   Matlock, Daniel D ^b   Bekelman, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Heart failure; Patient experiences; Patient centered care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STROKE; SYMPTOM; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

AGED; COLORADO; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84865612435     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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