Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 116-122 , August 2008

Fatigue in HIV/AIDS patients with comorbidities

  • I.B. Corless, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, CNY 36 1st Ave., Boston, MA, USA.
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  • J.G. Voss, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • P.K. Nicholas, DNSc, MPH, APRN, BC

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA
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  • E.H. Bunch, DNSc,RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • C.A. Bain, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • C. Coleman, PhD, MPH, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • P.J. Dole, EdD, MPH, FNP

      Affiliations

    • Greenwich House, New York, NY, USA
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  • L.S. Eller, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
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  • M.J. Hamilton, PhD, RNC

      Affiliations

    • Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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  • W.L. Holzemer, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • J.K. Kemppainen, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina–Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA
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  • K.M. Kirksey, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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  • E.F. Sefcik, PhD, RNCS

      Affiliations

    • Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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  • K.M. Nokes, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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  • Y.F. Tsais, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Chang-Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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  • N.R. Reynolds, PhD, RN, NP

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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  • D.J. Wantland, PhD (c)

      Affiliations

    • University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • C. Mc Gibbon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada
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  • S.M. Davis, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • M. Rivero Mendez, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
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  • C.P. Valencia, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Cali, Colombia

Received 29 April 2006 ,Revised 25 October 2006 ,Accepted 21 November 2006.

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PII: S0897-1897(06)00142-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.11.001

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 116-122 , August 2008

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