Inflammatory bowel disease: Greek patients' perspective on quality of life, information on the disease, work productivity and family support

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Viazis, Nikos ^a   Mantzaris, Gerasimos ^a   Karmiris, Konstantinos ^b   Polymeros, Dimitrios ^c   Kouklakis, George ^d   Maris, Theofanis ^e   Karagiannis, John ^f   Karamanolis, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Venizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Surgery Gen Hospital Alexandroupolis   (Greece)

^e G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Family support to cope with IBD; Inflammatory bowel disease; Patients' information on IBD; Quality of life; Work productivity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIETITIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; ENTERITIS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84871818114     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: 17927463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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