Psychological adjustment of parents of pediatric cancer patients revisited: Five years later

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Wijnberg Williams, Barbara J ^a   Kamps, Willem A ^b   Klip, Ed C ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E H M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Oncology; Parental stress; Pediatric cancer; Prospective longitudinal design; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31344450109     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.927     Document Type: Article

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