Assessing quality of life in patients with hard-to-heal ulcers using the EQ-5D questionnaire.
Objective: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in an unselected patient population with hard-to-heal ulcers from baseline through healing and at follow-up 6 months after healing. Method: Fifty patients were recruited and the sex and age of the patient and the ulcer aetiology,duration, a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Wound Care Vol. 22; no. 8; pp. 442 - 447 |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
Aug2013
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