To adjust and endure: A qualitative study of symptom burden in older people with multimorbidity

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 322-327

  Eckerblad, J ^a   Theander, K ^b   Ekdahl, A ^a,c   Jaarsma, T ^a   Hellstrom, I ^a,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Multimorbidity; Older people; Symptom burden

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84952324826     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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