Illness perceptions and quality of life among tuberculosis patients in gezira, sudan

African Health Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 385-393

  Mohammed, Suleiman ^a   Nagla, Sahal ^a   Morten, Sodeman ^b   Asma, Eldony ^c   Arja, Aro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Epidemiological Laboratory   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Gezira; Illness perception; Patients; Quality of life; Sudan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BRIEF ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SHORT FORM 12; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUDAN; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84930060837     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v15i2.11     Document Type: Article

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