Symptom burden in chronically Ill homebound individuals

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 126-131

  Wajnberg, Ania ^a   Ornstein, Katherine ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Smith, Kristofer L ^b   Soriano, Theresa ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale; home based primary care; palliative care; symptom management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NAUSEA; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PAIN; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872271263     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12038     Document Type: Review

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