Identification of symptom clusters in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 867-875

  Edwards, Helen ^a   Finlayson, Kathleen ^a   Skerman, Helen ^a   Alexander, Kimberly ^a   Miaskowski, Christine ^b   Aouizerat, Bradley ^b   Gibb, Michelle ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fatigue; pain; sleep disturbance; symptom clusters; venous insufficiency; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXUDATE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM CLUSTER; ULCER HEALING; VERY ELDERLY; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARICOSE ULCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 84899949261     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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