Do cancer follow-up consultations create anxiety?

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-30

  Gabriel, Gabriel Sam ^a   Lah, Minjae ^a   Barton, Michael ^a,b   Au, Gerald ^a   Delaney, Geoff ^a,c   Jalaludin, Bin ^c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Follow up; State trait anxiety inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 37149047038     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v26n01_02     Document Type: Article

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