Health-related quality of life and social support among Chinese patients with coronary heart disease in mainland China

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-54

  Wang, Wenru ^a   Lau, Ying ^b   Chow, Aloysius ^a   Thompson, David R ^c   He, Hong Gu ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese; Health related quality of life; heart disease; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINESE; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; HEART DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84893036260     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515113476995     Document Type: Article

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