Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , February 2008

Ethnic Differences in Quality of Life in Persons With Heart Failure

  • Barbara Riegel, DNSC, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Barbara Riegel, DNSC, RN, FAAN, University of Pennsylvania; School of Nursing, 420 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096.
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  • Debra K. Moser, DNSC, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky
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  • Mary Kay Rayens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky, Colleges of Nursing and Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky
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  • Beverly Carlson, MS, RN, CNS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Department, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
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  • Susan J. Pressler, DNS, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Martha Shively, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Service for Research, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California
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  • Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN, CCNS, CCRN, CNA

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Rochelle R. Armola, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Coronary Intensive Care Unit, The Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio
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  • Lorraine Evangelista, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Cheryl Westlake, RN, PhD, APRN-BC, PN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, CSUF, Fullerton and Professor, School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California
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  • Kristen Sethares, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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  • For The Heart Failure Trialists Collaborators

Received 4 June 2007 ,Revised 6 August 2007 ,Accepted 27 September 2007.

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 Funding for individual studies was obtained from the American Heart Association (0270025N Riegel), Pfizer, Inc. (Riegel), AHRQ (R03 HS09822, Pressler) the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development Service (NRI-95244 Shively), and National American Heart Association, Established Investigator Award; University of Kentucky Gill Endowment; American Association of Critical Care Nurses Philips Medical Research Award; University of Kentucky General Clinical Research Center (M01RR02602, Moser).

PII: S1071-9164(07)01083-4

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.09.008

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 41-47 , February 2008

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