Cultural relevance of the quality-of-life tools for people with kidney failure

Journal of Renal Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 236-245

  Ayoub, Abdelbasit ^a   Nelson, Katherine ^b   Wood, Pamela ^c  

^a Dhahran Healthcare Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Dialysis; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84888020234     PISSN: 17556678     EISSN: 17556686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2013.12034.x     Document Type: Article

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