Meaning-in-life in nursing-home patients: A correlate with physical and emotional symptoms

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1030-1043

  Haugan, Gørill ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Meaning and purpose in life; Nursing home patients; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84897603906     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12282     Document Type: Article

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