"Standing still in the street": Experiences, knowledge and beliefs of patients with intermittent claudication-A qualitative study

Journal of Vascular Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-9

  Gorely, Trish ^a   Crank, Helen ^b   Humphreys, Liam ^b   Nawaz, Shah ^c   Tew, Garry Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PATIENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; PATIENTS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

EID: 84924935307     PISSN: 10620303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvn.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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