Psychosocial and demographic predictors of quality of life in a large sample of cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-193

  Parker, Patricia A ^a   Baile, Walter F ^a   De Moor, Carl ^a   Cohen, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0346665727     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.635     Document Type: Article

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