Mood, anxiety and sense of humor in head and neck cancer patients in relation to disease stage, prognosis and quality of life

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-565

  Aarstad, Hans Jørgen ^a   Aarstad, Anne Kari H ^a   Heimdal, John Helge ^a   Olofsson, Jan ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Neoplasms; Prognosis; Quality of life; Sense of humor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMOR; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 18744384326     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510027547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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