The effectiveness of relaxation training in reducing treatment-related symptoms and improving emotional adjustment in acute non-surgical cancer treatment: A meta-analytical review

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 490-502

  Luebbert, Karin ^a   Dahme, Bernhard ^b   Hasenbring, Monika ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FATIGUE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MOOD; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035187257     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.537     Document Type: Article

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