Correlates of Psychologic Distress in Colorectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Genetic Testing for Hereditary Colon Cancer

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-86

  Vernon, Sally W ^a   Perz, Catherine A ^b   Gritz, Ellen R ^b   Peterson, Susan K ^b   Amos, Christopher I ^b   Baile, Walter F ^b   Lynch, Patrick M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Colorectal cancer; Coping; Depression; Genetic testing; Quality of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030641235     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.1.73     Document Type: Article

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