Is health-related quality of life a predictor of hospitalization or mortality among women or men with atrial fibrillation?

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 555-564

  Chapa, Deborah W ^a   Akintade, Bimbola ^b   Schron, Eleanor ^c   Friedmann, Erika ^b   Thomas, Sue A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; QLI CV; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84916884667     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000095     Document Type: Article

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