How do patients who participate in cancer support groups differ from those who do not?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-334

  Grande, Gunn E ^a   Myers, L B ^b   Sutton, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Coping; Illness representations; Oncology; Support groups; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33645921919     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.956     Document Type: Article

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