Improving quality of life in men with prostate cancer: A randomized controlled trial of group education interventions

Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 443-452

  Lepore, Stephen J ^a   Eton, David T ^b   Helgeson, Vicki S ^b   Schulz, Richard ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Education; Group intervention; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0141894176     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.22.5.443     Document Type: Article

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