Experiences of patients living with heart failure: A descriptive qualitative study

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 392-399

  Seah, Alvin Chuen Wei ^a   Tan, Khoon Kiat ^b   Gan, Juvena Chew Huang ^c   Wang, Wenru ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Descriptive qualitative research; Experiences; Heart failure; Needs

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPLICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; TRUST;

EID: 84978715873     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659615573840     Document Type: Article

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