Children (Jun 2023)

Physical Disease: A Crucial Research Area in the Context of Quality of Life and Mental Health

  • Paraskevi Theofilou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/children10061062
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 6
p. 1062

Abstract

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The medical literature defines a chronic physical disease as any organic disorder that lasts more than three months or that entails a period of hospitalization of more than of a month, which restricts an individual’s daily abilities or behaviors and causes changes to their social functions [...]

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