Gynecologic oncology patient's satisfaction and symptom severity during palliative chemotherapy

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  von Gruenigen, Vivian E ^a,b   Hutchins, Jessica R ^a   Reidy, Anne Marie ^a   Daly, Barbara J ^a   Eldermire, Elisa M ^a   Fusco, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WEAKNESS; ANXIETY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750986785     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-84     Document Type: Article

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