Experiences of long-term life-limiting conditions among patients and carers: What can we learn from a meta-review of systematic reviews of qualitative studies of chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease?

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  May, Carl R ^a,b   Cummings, Amanda ^a   Myall, Michelle ^a   Harvey, Jonathan ^a   Pope, Catherine ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^a   Roderick, Paul ^a,b,c   Arber, Mick ^d   Boehmer, Kasey ^e   Mair, Frances S ^f   Richardson, Alison ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CINAHL; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WEB OF SCIENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84990997654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011694     Document Type: Review

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