Psychological distress two years after diagnosis of breast cancer: Frequency and prediction

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-217

  Bleiker, Eveline M A ^a   Pouwer, Frans ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Henk M ^a   Leer, Jan Willem H ^b   Adèr, Herman J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Impact of event scale; Long term; Prospective design; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034109707     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00085-3     Document Type: Article

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