The relationship between function, quality of life and coping in patients with low-grade gliomas

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1205-1212

  Gustafsson, Margareta ^a,b   Edvardsson, Tanja ^c   Ahlström, Gerd ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Coping; Function; Low grade gliomas; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER CORE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33751305347     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0080-3     Document Type: Article

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