Predictors and outcomes of health-related quality of life in caregivers of cardiothoracic transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3387-3397

  Myaskovsky, L ^a,b   Posluszny, D M ^b   Schulz, R ^b,c   Dimartini, A F ^b   Switzer, G E ^a,b   Dabbs, A Devito ^c   McNulty, M L ^b   Kormos, R L ^b   Toyoda, Y ^d   Dew, M A ^b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic transplant; caregivers; psychosocial resources; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 84870501455     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04243.x     Document Type: Article

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