Determinants of participation in social support groups for prostate cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1092-1099

  Voerman, Bert ^a   Visser, Adriaan ^a   Fischer, Maarten ^a   Garssen, Bert ^a   van Andel, George ^b   Bensing, Jozien ^c  

^a Helen Drowling Institute   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Perceived control; Prostate cancer; Psychosocial problems; Social norms; Social support groups

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

AGED; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37349127587     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1160     Document Type: Article

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