Psychiatric morbidity and quality of life in wives of men with long-term head and neck cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Drabe, Natalie ^a   Zwahlen, Diana ^a   Büchi, Stefan ^a   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^a   Zwahlen, Roger A ^a   Jenewein, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Cancer; Oncology; Psychiatric morbidity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE;

AGORAPHOBIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39549107546     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1199     Document Type: Article

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