Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 122-131 , March 2008

Fatigue in older adults with stable heart failure

  • Sharon A. Stephen, RN, GNP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sharon A. Stephen, RN, GNP, PhD, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Legacy Health System, Legacy Good Samaritan Clinics Geriatric Medicine, 1200 NW 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97210.

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 Funding for this study came from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, postdoctoral and predoctoral fellowships, 5 T32 NR007061-15 (Judith Kendall, Principal Investigator) Risk Assessment and Intervention Research, Oregon Health and Science University, and 5 T32 NR 007071-04 (Karin Kirchhoff, Principal Investigator) Research Training in Nursing Intervention, University of Utah.

PII: S0147-9563(07)00081-7

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.03.006

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 122-131 , March 2008

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