Journal of Nursing & Care

Kirsten Frederiksen

Publications

• Research Article
  Quality of Life - Exemplified through Patients Living with Atrial Fibrillation
  Author(s): Vibeke Høgh, Charlotte Delmar, Sam Riahi and Kirsten FrederiksenVibeke Høgh, Charlotte Delmar, Sam Riahi and Kirsten Frederiksen
  
  Background: Health-related quality of life is a frequently assessed patient-reported outcome in the current literature on patients living with atrial fibrillation. Originally, quality of life is an abstract, complex concept, and there is no consensus on a final definition of it. Considering overall quality of life to be assessable using a standardized tool may lead to the loss of valuable knowledge about the patients’ individual lived experiences. Aim: To report how the concept of quality of life is being defined and which arguments are given for using the concept in scientific research papers on patients living with atrial fibrillation. Method: Systematic literature study based on analysis of 53 scientific research papers on patients living with atrial fibrillation and inspired by Leif Becker Jensen’s .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000150

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