Effects of information supply on satisfaction with information and quality of life in cancer patients receiving curative radiation therapy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-179

  Häggmark, Caroline ^a   Bohman, Lena ^a   Ilmoni Brandt, Kate ^a   Näslund, Ingemar ^a   Sjödén, Per Olow ^b   Nilsson, Bo ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Distress; Information; Quality of life; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0035576505     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(01)00116-1     Document Type: Article

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