Pessimism as a predictor of emotional morbidity one year following breast cancer surgery

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 309-320

  Schou, Inger ^a   Ekeberg, O ^a   Ruland, C M ^b   Sandvik, L ^a   Karesen R ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HELPLESSNESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PERSONALITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2642531846     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.747     Document Type: Article

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