Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 497-504 , November 2008

Pain and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure

  • Tone Rustøen, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo
    • Centre for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tone Rustøen, RN, PhD, Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Postbox 4, St. Olav's Place, 0131 Oslo, Norway.
    • ,
  • Audun Stubhaug, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo
    • Department of Anesthesia, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo
    • ,
  • Ingrid Eidsmo, RN

      Affiliations

    • Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Arne Westheim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Steven M. Paul, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    • ,
  • Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo
    • Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

,Accepted 4 December 2007.

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 This study took place at Ullevaal University Hospital and Buskerud Hospital Trust and was funded by Oslo University College.The data from the general population applied in this publication are based on the Survey of Level of Living 2002 in Norway. Deidentified date sets have been made available by the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Statistics Norway (SSB) was responsible for sampling and interviewing. Neither NSD nor SSB are responsible for the analyses/interpretation of data presented here.

PII: S0885-3924(08)00293-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.11.014

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 497-504 , November 2008

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