Treatment decision difficulties and post-operative distress predict persistence of psychological morbidity in Chinese women following breast cancer surgery

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 904-912

  Lam, Wendy W T ^a,b   Chan, Miranda ^c   Ka, Hung Wai ^c   Fielding, Richard ^b,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast cancer Chinese; Predictors; Psychosocial distress; Treatment decision making

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; OPTIMISM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35549002200     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1147     Document Type: Article

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