Symptom clusters and quality of life among patients with advanced heart failure

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 408-414

  Yu, Doris S F ^a   Chan, Helen Y L ^a   Leung, Doris Y P ^a   Hui, Elsie ^b   Sit, Janet W H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advanced heart failure; Palliative care model; Quality of life; Symptom clusters

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; APPETITE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL QOL QUESTIONNAIRE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84979781521     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.05.014     Document Type: Article

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