Preparing patients for threatening medical treatments: Effects of a chemotherapy educational DVD on anxiety, unmet needs, and self-efficacy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Schofield, Penelope ^a,b   Jefford, Michael ^a,b   Carey, Mariko ^a   Thomson, Kathryn ^a   Evans, Melanie ^a   Baravelli, Carl ^a   Aranda, Sanchia ^a,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Audiovisual resource; Cancer; Chemotherapy; DVD; Information; Patient education; Side effects; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT T TEST; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING MATERIALS; VIDEODISC RECORDING;

EID: 36949023096     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0273-4     Document Type: Article

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