A comparison of pain and health-related quality of life between two groups of cancer patients with differing average levels of pain

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 726-735

  Boström, Barbro ^a   Sandh, Marie ^a   Lundberg, Dag ^b   Fridlund, Bengt ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health related quality of life; Pain; Palliative care; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 0141957354     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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