Use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills among cancer patients is associated with a poorer quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1699-1706

  Paltiel, O ^a,b,c   Marzec Boguslawska, A ^a   Soskolne, V ^a   Massalha, S ^a   Avitzour, M ^a   Pfeffer, R ^d   Cherny, N ^e   Peretz, T ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Department of Hematology ^*  (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Quality of life; Sleeping medications

Indexed keywords

TRANQUILIZER; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS;

EID: 13844298343     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-8745-1     Document Type: Article

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