Symptom assessment of patients with advanced cancer and AIDS and their family caregivers: The results of a quality-of-life pilot study

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 350-365

  Sherman, Deborah Witt ^a   Ye, Xiang Y ^b   McSherry, Christina Beyer ^a   Parkas, Valerie ^c   Calabrese, Miriam ^d   Gatto, Maria ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Good Shephard Hospice   (United States)

^e Bon Secours Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced illness; Family caregivers; Patient family; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35349027244     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909106299063     Document Type: Article

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