Problem-solving and distress in prostate cancer patients and their spousal caregivers

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 367-374

  Ko, Celine M ^a,b   Malcarne, Vanessa L ^a,b   Varni, James W ^c   Roesch, Scott C ^a   Banthia, Rajni ^a,b   Greenbergs, Helen L ^b   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,b,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Problem solving; Prostate cancer; Quality of life; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MOOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 21544464298     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0748-5     Document Type: Article

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