A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief, behaviorally oriented intervention for cancer-related fatigue

Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1385-1395

  Armes, Jo ^a   Chalder, Trudie ^a   Addington Hall, Julia ^b   Richardson, Alison ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Chemotherapy; Fatigue; Neoplasms; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548706022     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22923     Document Type: Article

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