Assessing unmet supportive care needs in partners of cancer survivors: The development and evaluation of the Cancer Survivors' Partners Unmet Needs measure (CaSPUN)

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 805-813

  Hodgkinson, K ^a,b   Butow, P ^b   Hobbs, K M ^a   Hunt, G E ^b   Lo, S K ^c   Wain, G ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Needs; Partners; Psychometrics; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34648840175     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1138     Document Type: Article

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