Hope and related variables in Italian cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 356-366

  Vellone, Ercole ^a   Rega, Maria Luisa ^b   Galletti, Caterina ^b   Cohen, Marlene Z ^c,d  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Boredom; Comfort; Depression; Hope; Italian cancer patients; Leisure activities; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME; HOPE; HOPE RELATED VARIABLE QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOWOTNY HOPE SCALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROTTERDAM SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TIME; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33749244623     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200609000-00002     Document Type: Article

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