Quality of life of elderly persons with cancer: A 3-month follow-up

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-226

  Esbensen, Bente Appel ^a,b,c   Østerlind, Kell ^b   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADL; Aged 65+; Cancer in the elderly; Hope; Quality of life; Social network and support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ C30; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION; KATZ ADL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOWOTNY HOPE SCALE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; DENMARK; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; MORALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33745877133     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200605000-00008     Document Type: Article

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