Do different cultural settings affect the psychological distress of women with breast cancer? A randomized study

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-273

  Baider, Lee ^a   Andritsch, E ^b   Uziely, B ^a   Ever Hadani, P ^c   Goldzweig, G ^c   Hofmann, G ^b   Samonigg, H ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Cross cultural; Psychological distress; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141923594     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2003.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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