Genitourinary cancer: Psychological assessment and gender differences - Anxiety and depression status among genitourinary cancer patients

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-249

  Rispoli, Alessandra ^a,c   Pavone, Ilaria ^a   Bongini, Andrea ^a   Di Loro, Filippo ^a   Ponchietti, Roberto ^b   Rizzo, Michelangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Genitourinary cancer; Psychological assessment; Psychological support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SICK ROLE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21244504950     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083557     Document Type: Article

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